As the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 this week, a new fight for voting rights…
Usually on The Lookout I share my views on at least five stories concerning Black folks in the media but this week, all anybody…
02/12/14- Roland Martin talks with Judith Browne Dianis, Co-Director Advancement Project, about Attorney General Eric Holder’s push for convicted felons to have voting rights.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Election Assistance Commission found Friday that heightened proof-of-citizenship requirements likely would hinder eligible citizens from voting in federal elections, handing down a ruling that denied requests from Kansas, Arizona and Georgia to modify the registration form for their residents. The decision came just hours before a court-imposed deadline in […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Republican governor and GOP lawmakers are vowing to fight a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department challenging the state’s tough new elections law on the grounds it disproportionately impacts minority voters. Gov. Pat McCrory says the federal complaint filed Monday is an overreach and without merit. McCrory says […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will sue the state of North Carolina for alleged racial discrimination over tough new voting rules, the latest effort by the Obama administration to fight back against a Supreme Court decision that struck down the most powerful part of the landmark Voting Rights Act and freed southern states from […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department sued Texas on Thursday over the state’s voter ID law and will seek to intervene in a lawsuit over its redistricting laws that minority groups complain are discriminatory, but Texas Republicans insist are designed to protect the state’s elections from fraud. Attorney General Eric Holder said the action […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promising not to let one election go by without protecting minority voting rights. The president met privately Monday with more than a dozen civil rights leaders to talk about strengthening the Voting Rights Act. Last month the Supreme Court struck down the most powerful provision of the 48-year-old […]
Civil rights groups and black lawmakers hailed Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement Thursday that the Justice Department will aggressively pursue legal action against certain states that try to implement new voting laws after the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that requires those states to get federal clearance […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that the Justice Department is opening a new front in the battle for voter protections, a response to the Supreme Court ruling that he said dealt a major setback to the Voting Rights Act. In a speech to the National Urban League in Philadelphia, Holder said […]
One of the funniest and most memorable scenes in Eddie Murphy’s hit movie “Beverly Hills Cop” was the banana in the tailpipe scene. In fact, it was so popular and has become such a part of pop culture that it’s an expression we use when we think someone is trying to pull something over on […]
Legendary comedian and actor David Alan Grier joined the Tom Joyner Morning show to discuss Paula Deen, voting rights, “Chocolate News”, being a Broadway, President Obama‘s election, being a dad and more with the TJMS.
