Jamala Rogers
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- Sep 11, 2026
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is dying the death of a thousand cuts. (opens the original)
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is dying the death of a thousand cuts. In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court stuck a dagger in the VRA’s guts with Shelby County v. Holder, striking down the formula that determined which jurisdictions had to get federal approval before making changes to their elections. Earlier this year, the high court took a machete to another critical section of the VRA with Louisiana v. Callais, making it more difficult to use the law to challenge voting districts that dilute Black v
Sounding the alarm on Black youth suicide (opens the original)
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The statistics on gun violence and children are shocking enough. Firearms are the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 17 in the United States, according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mortality data. Add to that statistic the alarming rise in suicide among Black youth, whose suicide rates have risen faster than those of any other racial or ethnic group over the past two decades, and you really do have a public health crisis. These deaths of our young are p
Saving the tools of Democracy (opens the original)
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Most voters take the valued tools of democracy for granted. We can access them readily without thinking about how society got them, or who’s responsible for protecting them. The foundational, electoral, and direct democracy tools are deeply integrated into the fabric of society. It has only been under the current regime that significant attention has been given to understanding what these tools are and the potential consequences of losing them. The foundational elements include freedom of speech
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