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Dec 02 2021
News
Roe v. Wade challenge isn’t about banning abortion, it’s about states’ rights, Sen. Mike Lee says
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to take up the most significant abortion case in nearly 50 years, a dozen Republicans senators, including Utah Sen. Mike Lee, advocated for returning the issue to states.
The justices will hear arguments Wednesday over a Mississippi law that banned nearly all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, allowing them only in medical emergencies or cases of
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Aug 12 2022
Analysis
Jury declines to indict Emmett Till’s accuser. Here’s a timeline of his case
In 1955, Carolyn Bryant, who is white, accused 14-year-old Emmett Till, who was Black, of making advances on her.
Three days after the incident, Till was kidnapped from his bed, brutally tortured and eventually murdered for the alleged encounter.
This week, after new evidence came forward, a jury declined to indict her on kidnapping and manslaughter charges due to “insufficient
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Jul 26 2021
Opinion
America’s Class War Over Abortion
On Thursday, the state of Mississippi asked the Supreme Court to reverse Roe v. Wade. “Roe and Casey are egregiously wrong,” the state said in a brief submitted to the Court. “The conclusion that abortion is a constitutional right has no basis in text, structure, history, or tradition.”
Mississippi was laying out its arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that
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May 02 2022
News
Court has voted to overturn Roe, according to draft opinion published by Politico
The Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, according to a copy of an apparent draft opinion obtained by Politico.
Obtained by reporters Josh Gerstein and Alexander Ward, the 98-page draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito is dated Feb. 10, 2022. It is styled as the “opinion of the Court” in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which
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Aug 02 2022
News
Gas Is Less Than $4 a Gallon in 11 States. How Much Lower Can It Go?
The average price for a gallon of unleaded on Tuesday is less than $4 in 11 states, according to AAA, and within a penny of that threshold in another five.
The states -- Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas -- are almost all in the South. Texas is offering the cheapest, at an average of $3.83 a gallon.
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Jun 18 2022
News
Ginni Thomas looks forward to speaking with House Jan. 6 committee
Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, said she welcomes the opportunity to “clear up misconceptions” with the House Jan. 6 Committee.
Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson, Mississippi Democrat, said this week that the committee would soon invite Mrs. Thomas to appear before the committee.
“I can’t wait to clear up misconceptions,” Mrs. Thomas told the
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Dec 02 2021
News
Supreme Court appears likely to roll back abortion rights
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to weaken abortion rights and perhaps to let states ban the procedure altogether.
The intrigue: The court seemed likely to throw out the framework established in Roe v. Wade, but it wasn't clear whether a majority of the justices were inclined to overturn the court's precedents entirely.
The big picture: The court heard oral arguments
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Jul 19 2022
News
Woman at Center of Emmett Till Killing Claims She 'Always Felt Like A Victim' In an unpublished memoir, Carolyn Bryant repeated her denial of wanting the 14-year-old killed.
A week after a 1955 arrest warrant was found for Carolyn Bryant, the Mississippi woman who wrongfully accused Emmett Till of making improper advances, her unpublished memoir has surfaced, with a claim that she tried to prevent the 15-year-old Chicago youth from being killed.
According to the Associated Press, the 99-page manuscript was titled I Am More Than A Wolf Whistle and was
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May 30 2022
Data
What the data says about abortion in the U.S.
Pew Research Center has conducted many surveys about abortion over the years, providing a lens into Americans’ views on whether the procedure should be legal, among a host of other questions. In our most recent survey, 61% of U.S. adults say abortion should be legal all or most of the time, while 37% say it should be illegal all or most of the time.
With the U.S. Supreme Court set to
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Feb 06 2021
News
Lawmakers Push to Ban ‘1619 Project’ From Schools
The school curriculum linked to the New York Times’ 1619 Project— an initiative that aims to reframe U.S. history by putting the legacy of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at its center—is once again the target of Republican lawmakers, who seek to ban the materials in three states.
The three bills, recently introduced by state legislators in Arkansas, Iowa, and
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