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News Articles: civil rights act

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Medicare bill in Independence, Mo., July 30, 1965. At right is former President Harry Truman. The Supreme Court's pending Idaho abortion ruling may hinge on how federal spending power might protect doctors against a state's criminal code. For guidance, the justices can look to the very beginning of Medicare in the 1960s, when the promise of federal funding finally persuaded hospitals in the Jim Crow South to desegregate.

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Can Medicare money protect doctors from abortion crimes? It worked before, desegregating hospitals

The Supreme Court's decision regarding Idaho's abortion ban may hinge on whether federal spending power can protect doctors against a state's criminal code. Justices questioning this power could look to the launch of Medicare. Two years after passage of the Civil Rights Act, health care remained segregated by race across the South, and Black patients were denied treatment at many hospitals.

May 23, 2024
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Ayana Parsons, right, and Arian Simone, of Fearless Fund, attend a news conference, Aug. 10, 2023, in New York. The venture capital firm that has backed buzzy new companies like restaurant chain Slutty Vegan and beauty brand Live Tinted has become symbolic of the fight over corporate diversity policies since becoming a target of a lawsuit over a grant program for Black women.

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Grant program for Black women entrepreneurs blocked by federal appeals court

A grant program for businesses run by Black women was temporarily blocked by a federal appeals court in a case epitomizing the escalating battle over corporate diversity policies.

October 02, 2023
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  • Associated Press
The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks outside the Richard B. Russell federal courthouse in Atlanta, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. To his left in the black dress is Fearless Fund CEO and co-founder Arian Simone. A judge Tuesday refused to block a grant program the fund administers for Black women entrepreneurs, saying a lawsuit arguing it illegally excluded other races was not likely to succeed.

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Judge refuses to immediately block grant program for Black women entrepreneurs

A federal judge in Atlanta is allowing a venture capital firm to continue offering a grant program only to Black women entrepreneurs.

September 27, 2023
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President Joe Biden calls for the Senate to pass voting rights legislation during remarks

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Battleground: Ballot Box | Putting Biden's Georgia voting rights visit into context

On this week's episode, we look at President Joe Biden's speech on voting rights in Georgia, the filibuster and why Democrats' new push for federal legislation is stalling.

January 19, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
African Americans register to vote in the July 4 Georgia Democratic Primary in Atlanta, Ga., on May 3, 1944. Registrations are increasing in Atlanta as black schools are giving instructions to students in ballot casting procedure. (AP Photo)

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Battleground: Ballot Box | The History Of Racist Voting Laws In Georgia

On this episode of "Battleground: Ballot Box," we go back in time and explore the history of racist voting laws in Georgia and how the remnants of those decisions are still present today.

October 12, 2020
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  • Stephen Fowler

On Second Thought for Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Just over a year ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a 25-year-old woman in Augusta, Georgia for allegedly leaking top secret information...

August 10, 2018
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Leighton Rowell ,
  • and 4 more
Republican candidates for Georgia Governor Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, left, and Secretary of State Brian Kemp speak during an Atlanta Press Club debate at Georgia Public Television Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Atlanta.

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Political Rewind: Trump or Deal-Whose Endorsement Will Carry The Most Weight?

On this edition of Political Rewind, how has President Trump’s surprise endorsement of Brian Kemp reshaped the GOP governor’s race? Why did Trump decide...

July 20, 2018
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  • Tom Faust
With mortages and rental rates continuing to rise in Atlanta, some homeowners are being pushed out.

How The Reverse Of White Flight Is Affecting Mortgage Rates In Atlanta

“The City Too Busy To Hate” wasn’t always the case for Atlanta. After the Civil Rights Act of 1964, many white residents resented that African-Americans...

July 10, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Summer Evans

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