Andy Schmookler: How to think about Black Lives Matter
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We’d likely have less controversy over the slogan Black Lives Matter if we had more of a shared understanding of the relevant American reality.
Search Results for Jim Crow
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Tim Kaine addresses Richmond rally
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine rallied thousands of Virginians in Richmond as he returned home from the Democratic National Convention and a three-day jobs tour across Pennsylvania and Ohio with Hillary Clinton.
ACLU, Virginia Organizing comment on voting rights case
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Virginia Organizing and the ACLU of Virginia commented on the Virginia Supreme Court decision on restoration of civil rights.
America is not broken
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Progress can be frustrating when it doesn’t come fast enough, and it never comes fast enough, but we’re still moving in the direction of progress. The arc of the moral universe, indeed, is long, but it bends toward justice.
Podcast: A wake-up call from Dallas
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Dallas needs to be a wake-up call for all of us. AFP editor Chris Graham talks in today’s podcast about how the answer isn’t going to come from Washington, D.C.
Any self-respecting Supreme Court would have struck down the Texas abortion law
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I was asked at year’s end for my predictions for the coming year. One prediction I made was that the Court would strike down the Texas abortion law.
ACLU joins Virginia Legislative Black Caucus in rallies to support voting rights restoration
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The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus in the ACLU of Virginia will host four Voices for the Vote Rallies across the Commonwealth.
Democrats address voting rights restoration
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The Democratic Natonal Committee and the Virginia Democratic Party discuss the restoration of voting rights for people with felony convictions.
Ken Plum: Restoring voting rights
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The restoration of civil rights after completing a sentence is automatic in most states and routine in those that have an application process.
ACLU statement on governor’s executive order restoring voting rights
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The ACLU of Virginia applauds Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s executive order restoring the voting rights of 206,000 Virginians convicted of felonies.
