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Manchin and Sinema Double Cross Democrats to Save Democracy…?

Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 6:52 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Members of the Democratic Caucus insisted on linking passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill not just with the Build Back Better bill, which focuses on welfare programs and climate change, but also with the Freedom to Vote Act and The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, both of which focus on protecting voting rights (for… Read more.

‘Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights’ for Blacks? Hardly…

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 6:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

It’s a huge defeat for the civil rights community on the most important civil rights law ever passed. The Court has revoked and canceled part of Martin Luther King’s dream. (Reverend Al Sharpton, The Huffington Post, June 25, 2013) Given the way Black civil rights activists reacted, you’d think the decision the Supreme Court handed… Read more.