Appeals Court Strikes Down Key Part of Voting Rights Act
From today’s CNN News: A federal appeals court on Monday ruled against a key tool used to enforce the Voting Rights Act – likely setting up another Supreme Court showdown…
Church at Heart of Selma’s 1965 Voting Rights March is Endangered
From today’s NPR News Online: Like religious congregants all over, the people of historic Brown Chapel AME Church turned off the lights and locked the doors at the beginning of…
Stop Delaying the North Carolina Court Order Reinstating Felons’ Voting Rights
From today’s Charlotte Observer: For the past 18 years, I’ve been executive director of Community Success Initiative (CSI), a nonprofit based in Raleigh that works on behalf of people who…
Texas Uses Redistricting Lawsuits to Launch Broader War on Voting Rights
From today’s Texas Tribune: Beyond the immediate legal fight over whether Texas lawmakers again discriminated against voters of color when drawing new political districts, a quieter war is being waged…
Indigenous Nations Sue North Dakota over ‘Sickening’ Gerrymandering
Friom today’s The Guardian: Days before a new legislative map for North Dakota was set to be introduced in the state house, leaders of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa…