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Exclusive: VP Kamala Harris takes aim at attacks on voting rights during visit to Atlanta

Georgia will play a major role in the 2024 Presidential Election. To shed light on the importance of maintaining voter rights, Vice President Kamala...

Edward Blum’s crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists

Edward Blum stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 20, 2022. Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images by Julian Maxwell...

Rustin: Man behind March on Washington gets his due

Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in “Rustin.” The cast of “Rustin” includes Glynn Turman as A. Phillip Randolph, Aml Ameen as Dr. Martin Luther...

Who can defend voting rights? An appeals court ruling sharply limiting lawsuits looks likely to head to the Supreme Court

by Anthony Michael Kreis, Georgia State University A federal appeals court in Arkansas ruled on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, that only the federal government –...

Supreme Court is poised to dismantle an integral part of LBJ’s Great Society – affirmative action

by Travis Knoll, University of North Carolina – Charlotte Of all the civil rights policies enacted by U.S President Lyndon Johnson, affirmative action is arguably...

Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble

by Jerald Podair, Lawrence  University As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my...

Voter intimidation in 2022 follows a long history of illegal, and racist, bullying

by Atiba Ellis, Marquette University In Travis County, Texas, home to Austin, a local Republican Party official allegedly knocked on people’s doors in November 2022...

The right to vote is not in the Constitution

by Morgan Marietta, UMass Lowell If you’re looking for the right to vote, you won’t find it in the United States Constitution or the Bill...

The battles over voting rights, preventing fraud and access to ballots – 5 essential reads

People concerned with voting rights gathered to commemorate the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images by...

Don’t overlook contributions of Clarence Mitchell

Looking at our nation and noting where we have come since 1965 gives us reason to celebrate. However, in our celebration we should be...

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