News

Search
Day: May 6, 2021
View by Month
Florida Legislation

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund files lawsuit against the State of Florida over suppressive voting law

  On May 6, 2021, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a federal lawsuit against Secretary of State Laurel M. Lee challenging Florida’s new law that greatly obstructs voting access. The lawsuit argues that S.B. 90 creates barriers and burdens that impact all Florida voters and disproportionately impacts the ability of Black voters, Latino

Continue Reading »
May 6, 2021
Opinion

Liz Cheney: The GOP is at a turning point. History is watching us.

Opinion by Liz Cheney, published in the Washington Post, May 5, 2021 Liz Cheney, a Republican, represents Wyoming’s at-large congressional district in the U.S. House. In public statements again this week, former president Donald Trump has repeated his claims that the 2020 election was a fraud and was stolen. His message: I am still the rightful president,

Continue Reading »
May 6, 2021
Analysis

Not rich? Good news: You’re probably getting a tax cut.

President Joe Biden is preparing to unveil another tranche of tax increase proposals, including hiking the top marginal income tax rate and upping levies on capital gains. By BRIAN FALER, Politico,  April 25, 2021 Everyone knows that Democrats want to raise taxes on the rich, but what hasn’t gotten nearly as much notice is how much

Continue Reading »
May 6, 2021