[Link] Supreme Court Says Racial Gerrymandering Is No Big Deal

Read: 8/2/2022 www.vice.com

The Supreme Court just undercut Black voters’ power in Alabama—and signaled that it’s likely to further gut the Voting Rights Act. This ruling isn’t specifically on the merits of whether the map violated the Voting Rights Act or not—that’ll come later.

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[Link] Alabama Judge Loses Job After Saying George Floyd ‘Got What He Deserved’

Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Randy Jinks, the Talladega County Probate Judge, was removed from his position Friday.

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[Link] Amazon intensifies 'severe' effort to discourage first-ever US warehouse union

Read: 31/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

A push to unionize workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama is running into tough opposition as the retail giant, whose profits have boomed during the coronavirus pandemic despite concerns over worker safety, has launched an aggressive anti-union drive.

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[Link] Alabama Had More Deaths Than Births Last Year Because of COVID-19

Read: 20/9/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. More people died in Alabama than were born there in 2020, a grim reminder of the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as an unprecedented crisis in the state’s history.

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[Link] Trump Booed at His Own Rally For Telling His Supporters to Get Vaccinated

Read: 23/8/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The reason? Trump told people to go get vaccinated.

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