by Peggy Hiemer | May 10, 2022 | Civil Rights, Media Coverage, Transformer newsletter, Voting Rights
Originally reported by “The Seattle Medium” by Dr. Julianne Malveaux Photo by EKATERINA BOLOVTSOVA on Pexels.com (TriceEdneyWire.com) – When the Supreme Court overturned Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, it struck a blow to voting rights. No longer...
by Peggy Hiemer | Apr 22, 2022 | Media Coverage, Transformer newsletter, Voting Rights
Originally reported April 21, 2022 by Presbyterian News Service Photo credits by Element5 Digital via Unsplash (PNS) — Panelists convened Tuesday to discuss protecting voting rights that in many states are increasingly imperiled decided by the end of the hour-long...
by Peggy Hiemer | Apr 11, 2022 | Ahmaud Arbery, Media Coverage, Transformer newsletter
PHOTO CREDITS: Beverly Green with the Transformative Justice Coalition demonstrates outside the Glynn County Courthouse during jury selection for the three men charged with the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery(AFP) READ THE ORIGINAL...
by Peggy Hiemer | Mar 22, 2022 | Civil Rights, Media Coverage, Transformer newsletter
Originally reported by the www.rawstory.com Sarah K. Burris March 21, 2022 During a discussion about Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first day of confirmation hearings to the Supreme Court, former Republican Party chairman Michael Steele and civil rights activist...
by Peggy Hiemer | Mar 18, 2022 | Civil Rights, Media Coverage, Transformer newsletter
Originally reported by MSNBC News – 03-18-22 Civil rights lawyer Barbara Arnwine lays out the case for confirming Judge Jackson to the Supreme Court and criticizes some Senate Republicans’ initial response to Biden’s historic nomination in this...
by Peggy Hiemer | Mar 12, 2022 | Media Coverage, Transformer newsletter, Voting Rights
Originally reported by www.facingsouth.org / Written by By Makaelah Walters, March 11, 2022 Thousands of people gathered in Alabama from March 3-6 to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the historic 1965 march from Selma to the capital of Montgomery for voting rights....
