But not everyone saw it that way.... Some saw it as a threat," Harris said, lamenting the raft of what she called" un-American" laws enacted in GOP-led states across the country that make it more difficult to vote.... The vice president said she and President Joe Biden" have put the full power of the executive branch behind our shared effort" while criticizing Republican lawmakers for voting to block passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act....

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best known for leading some 600 protesters in the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge

voting rights marchers attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge.... The supporters of the end of

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SELMA, Ala.... They were savagely beaten by troopers and members of the Dallas County sheriff's posse; images of the violence helped build support for voting rights across the segregated South. Lewis, a native of Alabama who died last year, went on to serve multiple terms in Congress representing the Atlanta area.... But many of the marchers have never been publicly identified, an omission the project could help resolve.As marchers are identified, they get messages through the social media pla

FARGO, N.D.--A majority of people in the United States continue to support a mask requirement for people traveling on airplanes and other shared transportation, a poll finds.... Airlines and airports immediately scrapped their requirements that passengers wear face coverings, and the Transportation Security Administration stopped enforcing the mask requirement. But the Justice Department said Wednesday it was filing an appeal seeking to overturn the judge’s order.... “ I think people are reall

House Democrats on Tuesday put forward a new proposal to update the landmark Voting Rights Act, seeking against long odds to revive the civil rights-era legislation that once served as a barrier against discriminatory voting laws.... The Voting Rights Act was signed into law a few months later.“ We’re not looking to punish or penalize anyone.... Democrats have argued both bills are needed to safeguard access to the ballot....

Democrats in the House of Representatives have passed a bill, named in honour of late civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis, to revive and strengthen the 1965 Voting Rights Act against racially discriminatory voting laws after a pair of US Supreme Court rulings undermined key elements of the landmark civil rights law.HR 4, known as the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act – in tandem with the For The People Act, a sweeping elections and campaign finance reform proposal – follows yea