Melinda Davies

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Pro-Palestine Protesters Disrupt Macy’s Day Parade

Pro-Palestine Protesters Disrupt Macy’s Day Parade

Pro-Palestinian protestors disrupted New York City’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, with some yelling and singing “Palestine will be free” and others gluing themselves to the street along the parade route. One group of demonstrators marched down the parade route in Midtown Manhattan, waving a banner that read, “Liberation for Palestine…
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Federal Court Strikes Blow to Voting Rights Act

Federal Court Strikes Blow to Voting Rights Act

On Monday, a federal appeals court ruled against a crucial instrument used to enforce the Voting Rights Act, setting up another Supreme Court battle over the civil rights era legislation. The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals found in a case arising from an Arkansas redistricting issue that private entities cannot sue under…
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