Our country is at a major crossroads. Therefore, we sometimes must wonder if most people, regardless of race, gender, age, economic class, or political persuasion, are fully aware of how our nation is changing before our eyes.

On one front, we have the current Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais, which threatens to dismantle what is left of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The VRA has already suffered a major blow from the 2013 Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder. The 2013 decision invalidated the preclearance Section 4(b), where jurisdictions with a documented history of racial discrimination were required to obtain approval from the U.S. Department of Justice or a federal court before changing any election laws.

Having the Supreme Court dismantle the preclearance

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