They Fought for the Voting Rights Act. Now They’re Fighting Its Unraveling. ^57.7%

The New York Times - By Bethlehem Feleke, Ben Laffin, Whitney Shefte - 5/28/2026, 12:33 AM

Negativity Bias 38.3% - Appeal to Emotion 32.4% - Pessimism Bias 18%

“Here we are today. Back at this bridge. When I was a little girl, Dr. King said to us, ‘Children, when I ask you, what do you want, I want you to say freedom.’ And here we are, 61 years later.” 70-year-old Sheyann Webb-Christburg fears progress is being undone in Alabama as the state’s Republican-led Legislature races to redraw the... more