voting rights act
A win for voting rights – North Carolina’s Voter ID Law Is Defeated, For Now
*Why you should read tis: Because this is what happens to red state legislatures that tried to cram voter ID laws immediately after the Supreme Court struck down parts of […]
Six Texas Lawsuits Trump Could Impact (or Not) in 2017
*Why you should read this: The story may be from of Texas, but the lawsuits listed will have a national impact on voting rights, civil rights, immigration and the environment. […]
Federal Judge Rules Pasadena Infringed On Latino Voting Rights, Orders Changes
*This a recurring story. Latinos win voting rights battles only to see them regress. And we fight them again, as we should, as many times as needed. VL By Andrew […]
New PBS Documentary Spotlights Latino Voting Rights Advocate
*Be sure to stream the documentary on PBS.org. PBS will be monitoring the number of streams for 7 days after the premiere in order to gauge interest in Latin-themed programming. […]
Ruling clears way for Pasadena voting rights suit to go to trial
*MALDEF, changing U.S. Latino politics one battle, one victory at a time. VL By Mihir Zaveri, Houston Chronicle (2 minute read) A federal judge has denied Pasadena’s request to throw out a […]
Donald Trump’s kryptonite: millions of active – and furious – Latino voters
*Wonderful! A call to arms for Latino voters (recent voter registration numbers show we really don’t need one . . . but still). Share this! VL By Sabrina Vourvoulias, The […]
How an Attempt to Boost Diversity at Texas Colleges Could Kill Affirmative Action
*Excellent story about the affirmative action lawsuit now before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case was heard in December and a ruling is expected by June. This is an outlier […]
Affirmative Action at UT and Beyond at Stake in Court Case
*Today’s big case at the Supreme Court is the Evenwel v Abbott suit, where the one-man, one-vote concept is at stake. Tomorrow won’t be any less important. The issue of […]
Joaquin Avila, lion of voting rights, speaks
*This is important. Joaquín Ávila is rightly called the “lion of voting rights” in this piece. The battles he fought and the roads he opened for Latinos are the some […]
States’ Rights, Individual Liberties and Other American Falsehoods
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco I think it is about time to drive spikes into the cracks of some of these American fabrications. Apologists and supporters of States’ Rights and […]