Why the Voting Rights Act and Freedom Summer matter in the climate justice struggle

Grist
By Brentin MockJun 25, 2014, 12:25 pm52 pts
Today marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court effectively gutted the historic Voting Rights Act of one of its signature civil rights protections. The reverb from the Shelby County v. Holder decision was felt so widely that it brought environmentalists, labor groups, and LGBTQ advocates together under a…

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