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Chief Justice Roberts’s Vendetta Against the Voting Rights Act He’s been railing against it since the early 1980s.

Chief Justice Roberts’s Vendetta Against the Voting Rights Act
He’s been railing against it since the early 1980s.

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Homegoing service will celebrate civil rights leader Jesse Jackson in Chicago Chicago native Jennifer Hudson is among the singers performing at a memorial for the civil rights leader who died last month. Former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will attend.

Chicago native Jennifer Hudson is among the singers performing at a memorial for the civil rights leader who died last month. Former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will attend. n.pr/3N1fntK

‘As Dead As Fried Chicken’: Why Trump Finally Fired Kristi Noem Kristi Noem’s 13-month tenure leading the Department of Homeland Security was marked by controversy. But it wasn’t the two American citizens’ deaths at the hands of federal immigration agents that ult...

“On Tuesday, she told a Senate committee the contract for the campaign had gone to competitive bid. On Wednesday, before the House, she acknowledged it hadn’t.”

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The Reductive Rhetoric of the Iran War Americans across the political spectrum need to stop talking about Tehran in cliches.

The cheapening of language and addiction to violence always go hand in hand. (Free to read. Tiny sample below.) foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/i...

In February, the Williamsburg League led by President Susan Bivins [sky blue scarf] went to Richmond to persuade Virginia legislators to vote for bills, budgets, and amendments—from Rank Choice Voting to Reproductive Justice. Making democracy work! lwv-wa.clubexpress.com

ProPublica Wins Lawsuit Over Access to Court Records in U.S. Navy Cases A judge ruled that the Navy’s long-standing policy to withhold records from its criminal trials violated the First Amendment.

NEW: The Navy is no longer allowed to shroud its criminal trials in secrecy and must provide public access to hearings and records, a federal judge ruled last month, the result of a yearslong lawsuit filed by ProPublica.

1857: Supreme Court upholds slavery in Dred Scott decision On this day in 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld slavery in Dred Scott v. Sandford.

#OnThisDay in 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld slavery as an institution. Justices ruled that Black Americans, whether slave or free, had no right to sue. Two months later, Dred Scott won his freedom, setting off celebrations in the North.
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For the first time, we now know how many Black-owned bookstores exist in the U.S. The National Association of Black Bookstores has released the “first comprehensive national report” on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores.

For the first time, we now know how many Black-owned bookstores exist in the U.S.
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Bass Reeves - Fort Smith National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

Bass Reeves
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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

A Nashville reporter who has reported on ICE was detained at a stop in South Nashville yesterday. Estefany Rodríguez fled Colombia after getting death threats and is awaitng an asylum hearing.

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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...

The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
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Mar. 6, 1857 | Dred Scott Learn more about our history of racial injustice

Dred Scott
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Novartis And Henrietta Lacks’ Family Reach A Settlement In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the startup that wants to treat Alzheimer’s with microrobots, medical groups push back on RFK Jr.’s vaccine changes and more.

Novartis And Henrietta Lacks’ Family Reach A Settlement
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A budget is a moral document.

“You’re a U.S. senator!”

Bernie stops Noem’s replacement from literally trying to fight someone👇🏽

This should go great

In the 1960s, Bernard Lafayette was among the students who help Nashville emerged as a major hub for civil rights activism, especially recognized for its well-coordinated sit-ins and nonviolent demonstrations against segregation.

Remembering #BernardLafayette, who joined the elders #onthisday March 5, 2026. He played an active role in the Civil Rights Movement in Nashville.A graduate of Nashville's American Baptist College, Lafayette was motivated by a strong dedication to racial equality and justice.

Bernard LaFayette, Freedom Rider and Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85 Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.

Bernard LaFayette, Freedom Rider and Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85
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Updates about the Chain of Ideas book tour! Houston, Charlotte, Gainesville—where you at? I’m coming to town! And I’m delighted to unveil the elected officials, authors, and community leaders joining me to discuss Chain of Ideas. We’re finalizing all the moderators soon.
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Robed Representatives: How Black Judges Advocate in American Courts a.co/d/0dcpUaSG

Trump calls on divided GOP to pass SAVE America Act ‘at the expense of everything else' Trump suggested the SAVE America Act includes a number of provisions that are not in the proposal.

NEW: Trump unleashed a social media rampage pressuring Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act — a suppressive bill that would disenfranchise thousands if passed.

But he appeared to have misrepresented what the proposal actually entails, falsely claiming it would limit mail voting.

Opinion | Trump Has Elite Law Firms on a Punishing Merry-Go-Round

“Giving in to bullies has its own costs, not least because bullies are never satisfied with just a single capitulation. Especially when, as with the law firms, the bully — that is, the Trump administration — was obviously playing a weak legal hand from the start.”

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A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.

Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse. n.pr/4rUa1zD

NPR: “Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social is part of a growing wave of younger candidates who are challenging older members of Congress… Rep. Cohen faces a challenger who has outraised him.”

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Sanders And Khanna Push National 5% Annual Billionaire Wealth Tax Backers project, based on Forbes’ billionaires list, that the tax would raise $4.4 trillion over ten years for childcare, housing and a $3,000 per person check to many Americans.

Sanders And Khanna Push National 5% Annual Billionaire Wealth Tax

"An Assertive Supreme Court Turns to Curbing State Courts" #ELB Ann Marimow for the NYT: When the Supreme Court issued an emergency order this week that protected the congressional district of a New York Republican, it intervened in a voting rights dispute, pre-em...

“An Assertive Supreme Court Turns to Curbing State Courts” electionlawblog.org?p=154629

ProPublica Sues Education Department for Withholding Records About Discrimination in Schools Under Secretary Linda McMahon, the work of the Office for Civil Rights, which aims to protect students from discrimination, is cloaked in secrecy.

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"From Controversy to Conversation" Talking the Hard History of Baltimore's "Confederate Monuments," March 5

« The granite block, which began its life as a seat for the author of the Dred Scott decision, has become a platform for Baltimoreans who regularly bring their questions and concerns, their joys and their self-expression to the site. » hardhistories.substack.com/p/from-contr...

Women in the ModernCivil Rights Movement #WHM
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