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Federal judges ruled Thursday that Alabama intentionally discriminated against Black residents when the state disobeyed court orders to draw a second Black-majority congressional district.
Following the 2020 census, Alabama made six of its seven districts majority white, despite 27 percent of the state’s population being Black. Though the Supreme Court allowed the map to be used ...
The legal war over Alabama’s congressional map has waged for nearly ... of the seven districts majority White, even though 27% of the state’s population is Black. The Supreme Court allowed ...
Alabama, once the epicenter of the voting rights movement, is once again at the center of the conversation of racial discrimination in voting. A panel of federal judges ruled Thursday, May 8, that ...
(CNN) — A federal court ruled Thursday that Alabama ... White, even though 27% of the state’s population is Black. The Supreme Court allowed the plan to be used in the 2022 election, but then affirmed ...
A panel of three federal judges says the Alabama Legislature intentionally drew its congressional district map to dilute Black voting strength, which is unconstitutional and violates the Voting ...
Johnson also noted, "A stereotypical association of the colour of the smoke — white (positive) and black (negative) — lies behind the use of the two contrasting smoke colours." Over the years ...
Tradition holds that black smoke indicates the cardinals have not yet agreed on a new leader, while white smoke signals that a new Pope has been elected. But what kind of smoke is it exactly?
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A former Alabama police officer who shot an armed Black man is trying to win back his claim to self-defense before his upcoming murder trial, and appealed a judge's pretrial ...