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The Supreme Court has struck down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district in a decision that could open the door for Republican-led states to eliminate Black and Latino electoral districts that tend to favor Democrats. The court’s conservative majority Wednesday found a district represented by Democrat Cleo Fields relied too heavily on race. The decision weakens a landmark voting rights law’s protections against discrimination in redistricting. It’s unclear how much is left of the Section 2 provision, the main way to challenge racially discriminatory election practices. The 1965 voting rights law was the centerpiece legislation of the Civil Rights Movement and succeeded in opening the ballot box to Black Americans.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that also saw a total…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Four candidates vying to lead the United Nations have spent hours being grilled about their views on issues from restori…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith…
The Southern Poverty Law Center's indictment is sparking outrage among civil rights leaders. They have been preparing for increased legal scrutiny from the Trump administration. On Tuesday, a coalition of over 100 activist groups published a letter vowing solidarity with those “unjustly targeted” by the federal government. The DOJ alleges the SPLC violated federal law through its network of paid informants in extremist groups. Civil rights activists view the indictment as a political move that may empower extremist groups. They are now preparing for further legal action against organizations opposing the Trump administration.
Pope Leo XIV is visiting one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious prisons. The visit Wednesday to the prison in the port city of Bata is drawing attention to human rights abuses that campaigners have denounced for years and especially after the U.S. began deporting third-country migrants to the central African nation. Human rights organizations are urging Leo to speak about the U.S. deportations and urging African countries to not be complicit. Leo’s visit to the prison continues a practice that was a priority of his predecessor, Pope Francis.
A new Kansas law will allow college students to sue their schools for free-speech violations. In Tennessee, a new law will encourage teachers …
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods ' attorney intends to fight an attempt by prosecutors to subpoena the golfer's prescription drug records foll…
MIDDELBURG, Netherlands (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was being awarded the prestigious International Four Freedoms Award at …