Tag: Voting Rights Act
MLK Family Calls For ‘No Celebration’ on Their Father’s Annual Holiday
There may not be a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration this year if the King family and millions of Black Americans don’t get their...
Senate Republicans Again Shoot Down John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Pouring salt on wounded Democrats, Senate Republicans on Wednesday, November 3, again blocked the latest efforts...
Texas lawmakers pass new congressional maps bolstering GOP
By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press
Texas Republicans approved redrawn U.S. House maps that favor incumbents and decrease political representation for growing...
Sec. of State Urges All Californians to Vote in Upcoming Recall Election
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber says all registered Californians should vote in the special election to recall...
Voting Rights At Stake As Supreme Court Considers Arizona Case
By Khalil Abdullah
Sometimes it’s 50 miles — one way — for Native Americans living on reservations or in remote areas of Arizona to drive...