#Georgia‘s new law, #SB202, broadly restricts when & how voters cast ballots –– And it would even criminalize orgs like @GAMVP for passing out refreshments to voters in line.
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) May 2, 2021
For Georgia’s Muslim community, the new law is painful, confusing & discouraging.https://t.co/zSkaR0K8zv
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The [#PalmBeach County school] district is acting as if its casual abuse of a tool for emergency mental health situations is nobody’s business but theirs.
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) May 12, 2021
They couldn’t be more wrong”––The Palm Beach Post wrote, citing our #CostlyAndCruel Baker Act report:https://t.co/zcAeAfaxei
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Thread, on how Louisiana pays for public defense via fines and fees imposed on the convicted—you read that (mind-blowing) sentence correctly—and the current rapid push to make things… even worse. https://t.co/bZJuF6STLU
— John Pfaff (@JohnFPfaff) May 7, 2021
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This is quite a sentence. https://t.co/ExPAkbYuKl pic.twitter.com/R94wlQGnQq
— adam harris (@AdamHSays) May 19, 2021
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In our 2019 #WhoseHeritage? report, we identified 114 Confederate symbols that had been removed since the #Charleston attack — and 1,747 that still stood.
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) May 23, 2021
Many of these monuments are protected by state laws in the former Confederate states.
Read more:https://t.co/IVNHjcZdwt
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Teen students across the U.S are asking administrators to change school names that honor Confederate figures.
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) May 23, 2021
Confederate symbols honor a white supremacist system based upon the enslavement of Black people.
Learn about the campaigns to #ChangeTheNames:https://t.co/qA8oNJ0F9W
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Heavy day: In 2007 I proposed “a Legacy Project focused on recognizing the history of lynching in public spaces on the Eastern Shore.” Today a plaque was unveiled just off the courthouse lawn in Salisbury, MD where Matthew Williams was lynched in 1931. pic.twitter.com/Ue49ph2dff
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) May 22, 2021
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NEWS: MEMBERS of the U.S. Capitol Police have issued a statement to members of Congress expressing “profound disappointment” with McConnell and McCarthy’s positions on the Jan. 6 commission, citing the “trauma” that officers endured that day. pic.twitter.com/CRweVhIAnD
— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) May 19, 2021
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For the life of me I’ll never understand how so many people hate immigrants who pay taxes, but admire billionaires who don’t.
— Robert Greenwald (@robertgreenwald) May 20, 2021
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Racists covered up Tulsa & now they are trying to cover up an insurrection. Cover up rather than pulling off the covers is how America has responded to racism far too often.
— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) May 28, 2021
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Today, Texas legislators advanced a bill attacking the right to vote. It’s yet another assault on our democracy. Congress needs to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) May 30, 2021
We need to make it easier for eligible voters to vote. Not harder.
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“The new Texas voter suppression bill violates both the constitutional rights of Texans and the Voting Rights Act. It places unnecessary burdens on people’s right to vote, without any reason other than adherence to the ‘big lie.’”https://t.co/BDq2tXFKTy
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) May 30, 2021
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Texas House Democrats leave floor, effectively blocking passage of restrictive voting bill ahead of midnight deadlinehttps://t.co/9Wy0WkyVwn
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 31, 2021