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Rally to Protect the Voting Rights Act. On Wednesday, February 27, individuals, organizations and institutions committed to protecting the rights of all voters will rally at the U.S. Supreme Court. The rally is scheduled for the day of oral argument in Shelby County v. Holder, a case challenging Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). People whose right to vote was protected by Section 5 in the 2012 election will also be in attendance.
Watch Videos: The Voting Rights Act at Work in Alabama, Texas and South Carolina
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Report Finds a 'Badly Broken' System for Funding Public Schools. The Leadership Conference this week applauded the release of the Equity and Excellence Commission report on education, “For Each and Every Child: A Strategy for Education Equity and Excellence.” With a focus on the troubling inequities in the financing of public education, Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference, said “This report confirms what those of us in the civil and human rights community have long known: that our nation’s system of financing and delivering public education is badly broken and in need of a dramatic overhaul. Millions of children – and especially children of color, those from low-income families, and those learning English – attend schools under conditions that equate more to a developing nation than to the world’s largest democracy.”
In the News
Guest Worker Program Questioned - Georgia Public Broadcasting-2/19/13
37 Senators call on Obama to sign ENDA exec order - The Washington Blade-2/14/2013
Obama warns of dire sequester consequences - LA Times-2/19/13
Obama reaches out to Republican senators on immigration overhaul - Washington Post-2/19/13
Raise That Wage - NY Times 2/17/13
Supreme Court to Hear Alabama County’s Challenge to Voting Rights Act - NY Times-2/17/13
Obama Plan Envisions 8-Year Wait for Illegal Immigrants - NY Times-2/17/13
Unjust Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences - NY Times-2/18/13
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