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In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a congressional map in Louisiana was a racial gerrymander even though it was drawn to comply with the landmark Voting Rights Act, which is aimed at protecting minority voters. NBC News' Ryan Reilly and Julie Tsirkin report on how this could make it harder for civil rights plaintiffs to challenge future maps.
Mother Jones - 1 hour 24 min agoThe Supreme Court's six-to-three Republican-appointed majority issued a staggering ruling on Wednesday essentially killing the remaining protections of the Voting Rights Act, dealing a death blow to the country's most important civil rights law. The majority opinion by Justice Samuel Alito in Louisiana v. Callais strikes down the creation of a second majority-Black congressional district […]...
NPR - 2 hours 29 min agoAlthough the court kept Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act intact, Wednesday's decision all but guts the landmark law that came out of the Civil Rights Movement and protected the collective voting power of racial minorities when political maps are redrawn.
Ashley Scoggin filed a lawsuit against the coach, Chuck Love, in 2024, alleging that her civil rights were violated in the lead-up to her dismissal...
Programme of events announced on anniversary of Bristol bus boycott aimed at inspiring societal manifesto for city Bristol has long been a city of activists prepared to work for change, from followers of John Wesley in the 18th century to the 21st-century citizens who toppled the statue of slave trader Edward Colston. On Wednesday, a new campaign was launched on the anniversary of the start of the groundbreaking 1963 Bristol bus boycott aimed at making the city the UK's capital of civil rights...
NPR - 18 hours 35 min agoIn her first appearance on Capitol Hill this year, lawmakers questioned Education Secretary Linda McMahon about cuts to federal education spending and students' civil rights.
Linda McMahon, the education secretary, is scheduled to testify on Tuesday to a Senate appropriations subcommittee that controls her department's budget.
The Department of Justice charged the civil rights organization with multiple felony crimes and they fired back swiftly.
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