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A Black Chief Justice for Louisiana

By Marc Morial President/CEO, National Urban League “After strongly resisting the notion for months, the Louisiana Supreme Court declared Tuesday that Justice Bernette Johnson will

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Virginia’s Kemba Smith wins battle for voting rights

By Joey Matthews Contributing Writer SJ 95190 cash advance (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Richmond Free Press) — Kemba Smith Pradia

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Voter-suppression laws cast chill on Black community
By Khalil Abdullah (Special from New America Media) — As voter suppression laws continue to be debated in states across the country, members of the African-American press and voting rights advocates ...
Voting-rights advocates discuss protective measures as election nears
Since the beginning of 2011, politicians across the country approved lending interest 25 laws and two executive actions in 19 states that would make it harder to vote for millions ...
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Reflections on organizing for social and economic justice in college
Editor’s Note: John “Hunter” Deely, a San Antonio native who recently passed away at the age of 22, was a former Tulane student activist. In one of his final essays, ...
100 Black Men of Metropolitan New Orleans Voter Registration Drive
The 100 Black Men of Metropolitan New Orleans will conduct voter registration drives at Xavier and Dillard Universities Saturday, September 15 from 1 pm to 4 pm, the organization announced ...
National Campaign underway to suppress the Right to Vote
Voting-rights battles re-emerge in the South By Nick Andersen, Kassondra Cloos and Caitlin O’Donnell Contributing Writers (Special from New America Media and News 21) — Raymond Rutherford has voted for decades. But this ...
Mapping the war on the right to vote
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Our nation’s democracy is in a crisis. We are facing the biggest challenge to our nation since its inception. No, there is not an armed rebellion ...
Conversations about Justice
The conversation probably went something like this: Justice “Bad Kitty” Kimbal: I’m looking forward to stepping down as chief justice. It’s going to be good. Aide: But there is one problem, according ...

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