17 Oct Rep. Elijah Cummings, civil rights advocate and House Oversight Committee chair, dies at 68
Read in Baltimore Sun: baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-cummings-dies-20191017-bbwnrp72nndejatug3v7rj2zga-story.html...
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01 Oct Georgia Professor Holds Student’s Baby, A Life Lesson Bundled On Her Back
"We know it's overwhelming, don't think we don't understand," the professor said about the challenge of being a student and a parent. "We take it very seriously, and we're going to be here for you." Read in NPR: https://www.npr.org/2019/09/28/765413744/georgia-professor-holds-students-baby-a-life-lesson-bundled-on-her-back...
24 Sep CNN: $34 million: How much one man is paying to wipe out the college debt of one graduating class
Billionaire investor Robert F. Smith donated $34 million to make good on his promise to pay off the student loan debt of the entire Class of 2019 at Morehouse College. Read Full Story...
24 Sep These wealthy Democratic women have a plan to beat Trump at his own game
The progressive group Way to Win was co-founded by an heiress to a Texas oil fortune. Read More ...
01 Jul Central Park Five prosecutor no longer at Columbia Law after student petition
Lederer says she chose not to renew her teaching position amid "the recent publicity generated by the Netflix portrayal of the Central Park case." Read in NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/central-park-five-prosecutor-no-longer-columbia-law-after-student-n1017011...
01 Jul Planned Parenthood building large women’s clinic in Alabama despite abortion law
Planned Parenthood is building a women's clinic in Alabama, despite its near-total ban on abortions and opposition from critics who plan to fight against its opening. Read in Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/us/planned-parenthood-building-large-womens-clinic-in-alabama-despite-abortion-law...
01 Jul For a second time, Florida has taken away Bonnie Raysor’s vote. She’s fighting to get it back.
Bonnie Raysor had her heart set on voting next year, a decade after losing her right to participate in the most cherished ritual of the American democratic process. The 58-year-old Boynton Beach, Florida, resident lost her vote in October 2010 after being sentenced to a year-and-a-half in prison for illegally selling opioids to earn the...
01 Jul She Won a Major Victory for Abortion Rights at the Supreme Court. Here’s What She Thinks About the Future of Roe
Three years ago this month, on June 27, 2016, the Supreme Court ruled in the biggest abortion case in more than two decades: Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. In a vote of 5 to 3, the Justices struck down two provisions in a Texas law...
01 Jul Ruth Bader Ginsberg Attended What the Constitution Means to Me and the Crowd Went Wild
The play includes audio of Ginsburg saying there will be enough women on the Supreme Court “when there are nine.” It got a standing ovation. Read in Slate: https://apple.news/AkKDV0YHCSamj7kqs5Z--VQ...
02 May AJC Article: Feds look at risks of voting machines, including those coming to Georgia
AJC article shares concerns regarding the voting machines that GA SOS is planning to buy. Homeland Security finds fault with them. https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/feds-look-risks-next-georgia-voting-machines/oTJSg41sSlbSEpnawIpTnM...