Mark Hedin

Jun 28, 2024 | seattlemedium.com | Mark Hedin

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Ethnic Media ServicesBy Mark Hedin(Trice Edney Wire) – A series of contradictory rulings by the Supreme Court in cases involving redistricting highlight the need for Congress to set national voting rights standards. The first shots in America’s Civil War were fired in the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Four years later, former slaves in the city honored Union soldiers who had died in captivity there, initiating the annual Memorial Day holiday.

Jun 27, 2024 | theportlandmedium.com | Mark Hedin |Josiah Scott

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Ethnic Media ServicesBy Mark Hedin(Trice Edney Wire) – A series of contradictory rulings by the Supreme Court in cases involving redistricting highlight the need for Congress to set national voting rights standards. The first shots in America’s Civil War were fired in the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Four years later, former slaves in the city honored Union soldiers who had died in captivity there, initiating the annual Memorial Day holiday.

Jun 11, 2024 | vidanewspaper.com | Mark Hedin

Although voter suppression has a long history in U.S. elections, it’s intensifying in the early 21st century. While Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville recently suggested no longer having elections at all, the legislature in his and neighboring states are busily advancing new laws that restrict citizens’ ability to decide who will govern them.

Jun 11, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Mark Hedin

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May 30, 2024 | lapost.us | Mark Hedin

The first shots in America’s Civil War were fired in the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Four years later, former slaves in the city honored Union soldiers who had died in captivity there, initiating the annual Memorial Day holiday. Today, Charleston is again at the crossroads of the struggle for civil rights with a recent Supreme Court decision that effectively dilutes Black voting power.