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US Politics · United StatesWASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind him, signed the Voting Rights Act into law. The act protected the right to vote and ensured the government would fight efforts to suppress it, especially those aimed at Black voters. For many Americans, it was the day U.S. democracy fully began. That was then. The law has been s…See the Story
The Voting Rights Act Marks Its 60th Anniversary as Its Core Provisions Are Being Eroded
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Oklahoma Politics · OklahomaA federal appeals court upheld an Oklahoma law banning gender-affirming care for minors Wednesday in a ruling hinging on a June Supreme Court decision to uphold a similar law in Tennessee.
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Federal court upholds Oklahoma law banning gender-affirming care for minors
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