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President Lyndon Johnson signed the 24th Amendment abolishing poll taxes in 1964, saying, “There can now be no one too poor ...
April is often associated with spring and renewal, but it also powerfully reminds us of the struggles and triumphs within ...
Discover 21 influential Black leaders who changed history through activism, politics, education, science and justice.
“The framers of our constitution would see this as a shocking abuse of power,” District Court Judge Loren AliKhan said as she ...
“There’s only one way to stop that slide, it’s for courts to act decisively ... federal facilities that date back to President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s requiring federal contractors ...
In the gray language of the federal bureaucracy, the funding that mattered most was from the Teaching Health Centers Graduate ...
To make the constitutional promises a reality, we needed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 24th Amendment barring poll taxes, the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984 ...
Voting rights and the right to bear arms — along with the right to hold public office and serve as a fiduciary or on a jury — became linked under an interpretation of a 2023 court ruling by ...
Miller said the bill’s definition of “paid” is too broad. A college intern who believes in a cause and receives a small stipend would wear the same badge as a professional from out of state ...