The Voting Rights Act: What neither right nor left is saying
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View ArticleA look at 48 years of the Voting Rights Act
WASHINGTON — The voting law that became a major turning point in black Americans' struggle for equal rights and political power is now outdated, the Supreme Court says. Whether that's a marker of...
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