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Voting Rights Are in Peril, and Democracy Hangs in the Balance
The 2014 fall midterm elections are gearing up to be among the most significant in decades, since they have the power to determine the balance of U.S. political power. Yet new laws and election changes across the country—from photo-ID requirements and early-voting cutbacks to the removal of polling places and changes in election procedures—may block…
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Women of the 1963 March on Washington Wanted Recognition
Women who participated in 1963’s March on Washington marched separately from the men as a way to bring attention to women’s contributions to the civil rights movement, NAACP Senior Adviser Jotaka Eaddy writes at Ebony. Eaddy encourages all people to salute these women, as well as the countless other nameless women who continue to work hard…
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