civil rights in the US
Over a century after being introduced, US Congress passes anti-lynching bill
The bill is the first piece federal legislation to pass both houses of the US Congress in nearly 122 years of efforts by progressive lawmakers and civil rights activists to outlaw lynching
Sweeping law to limit voting access passed in the US state of Georgia
Georgia’s state legislature passed a law which drastically reconstitutes the State election board, requires mandatory identification proofs for absentee voters, and makes it illegal to offer food or water to voters standing in line
