Page 8 - ஜான் லெவிஸ் வாக்களித்தல் உரிமைகள் News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana
Democrats spirits lifted by return of Texas House member who now faces a civil arrest warrant
dallasnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dallasnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
San Antonio Rep Philip Cortez rejoins Democrats in Washington
ncadvertiser.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ncadvertiser.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Austin American-Statesman Letters to the editor: July 26, 2021
statesman.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from statesman.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Black Women Leading the Fight For Voting Rights
This summer has brought protests, rallies and arrests for the cause. WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 15: Melanie Campbell, CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, speaks during a news conference outside the AFL-CIO headquarters on July 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. The organized labor advocates called for the Senate to repeal the filibuster to allow passage of several bills they support, including the For The People Act and The John Lewis Voting Rights Act. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Alarmed by a wave of bills sweeping state legislatures around the country and a recent Supreme Court decision that critics contend will dismantle voting rights, Black women and their allies are taking courageous, coordinated steps to fight back.
Dallas Examiner
Texas Democrats are getting into ‘good trouble’
(
TriceEdneyWire.com) – One year after the death of the great civil rights icon John Lewis, a group of Texas Democratic lawmakers is following Lewis’s lifelong call for people to make “good trouble” and “necessary trouble” to secure equality and justice for all. Congressional Democrats should bring the same level of commitment to resisting and overturning a new wave of voting restrictions that voting rights activist Stacey Abrams has labeled “Jim Crow 2.0.”
Here’s why dozens of Texas lawmakers were in Washington, D.C., last week:
Texas is the latest Republican-run state where legislators and the governor are trying to impose new voting restrictions – banning drive-thru and 24-hour early voting, restricting distribution of absentee ballots, imposing new voter ID provisions – that they hope will make it harder for Democrats to win future elections. Their voter suppression laws are aimed a