While greatly disappointed the U.S. Supreme Court took the teeth out of the 1965 Voting Rights Act this Tuesday, civil rights advocates said they would use the death of the law as a chance to mobilize progressives to protect minority rights to vote. The first order of business for the civil rights community is to […]
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and Republican lawmakers lost a battle in federal court against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) after a measure to redistrict maps was struck down because it violated the Voting Rights Act,writes the Star-Telegram. SEE ALSO: Where Are Politics’ Interracial Couples? A three-judge panel found in January the GOP-dominated Legislature’s […]
