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Democrats try again to revive the Voting Rights Act but face long odds
‘Democracy is the very house in which we live. It is the framework in which we get to fight for the things that we care about.’
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Statue of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, is unveiled in his native Alabama
‘Generations from now, when parents teach their children what is meant by courage, the story of John Lewis will come to mind.’
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Crowd on hand for unveiling of John Lewis statue at spot where Confederate monument once stood
Lewis’ statue stands in the same spot as an obelisk that was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1908 and removed in 2020.
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Bronze statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument
Groups like the Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights and Hate Free Decatur had been pushing for the monument to be removed since the deadly 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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New Joe Biden campaign ad slams Donald Trump’s ‘racist’ Black jobs comment
‘Donald Trump thinks so little of Black people that he can’t help but to keep saying the quiet part out loud.’
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Kamala Harris leads Bloody Sunday memorial as marchers’ voices ring out for voting rights
‘What kind of country do we want to live in? Do we want to live in a country of freedom, liberty and justice? Or a country of injustice, hate and fear?’
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Donald Trump mocks Nikki Haley’s first name. It’s his latest example of attacking rivals based on race
The attacks echo Trump’s “birther” rhetoric against President Barack Obama.
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Donald Trump’s 2024 GOP rivals converge on Atlanta just days after his latest indictment
‘Donald Trump can be exhausting, but people will walk on broken glass to vote for the guy.’
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In Tennessee, expulsions echo a decades-old protest movement
In barely two weeks ‘the Justins’ have gone from neophyte politicians to national prominence.
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Double standard? Tennessee GOP seeks to oust 3 Democrats
Expulsions in the Tennessee General Assembly are extremely rare and considered an extraordinary action.