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Jesse Jackson: Voting rights continue to be threatened
March 3, 2013 12:36 PM
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson says current threats to voting rights make this year's Bridge Crossing Jubilee in Alabama more than a commemoration. The annual event taking place Sunday in Selma commemorates the beating of voting rights marchers on "Bloody Sunday" in 1965 as they began... more » -
Supreme Court begins new term Monday
September 29, 2012 1:10 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - With health care reform in the rear-view mirror, the U.S. Supreme Court is about to embark on a term that could be just as important as the last one. One of the first cases the court will take up is the limited use of race to help... more » -
Bilingual voting ballots ordered in 25 states
October 12, 2011 7:39 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the run-up to the 2012 elections, the federal government is requiring that 248 counties and other political jurisdictions in 25 states provide bilingual ballots to Hispanics and other minorities who speak little or no English. That's down from the previous list compiled a decade ago... more »
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