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Monday night, the Albany County Legislature approved a law that creates a new independent redistricting process. Legislators gave the greenlight to…
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Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the…
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Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the…
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In Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama, decided a week ago on March 25, 2015, the Supreme Court reversed and sent back the lower court decision.…
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Many Black History Month events are focusing on the marches in Selma, Alabama fifty years ago that helped bring an end to segregation in the South and led…
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Today, August 6th is the anniversary of the 1965 signing of the Voting Rights Act. Historian Gary May’s newest book is Bending Toward Justice: The Voting…
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Today I want to talk about the Supreme Court’s recent decision eviscerating the Voting Rights Act of 1965. ( See NY TIMES “Supreme Court Invalidates Key…
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Vermont U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy says he will call hearings of the Senate Judiciary Committee to see if legislation can be written to protect minority…
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Today's panelists are WAMC newsman, Ray Graf and Stephen Gottlieb, the Jay and Ruth Caplan Distinguished Professor at Albany Law School.Topics:SCOTUS -…
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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and other top Democrats are criticizing the Supreme Court's ruling on the landmark Voting Rights Act.The justices…