https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Fri, 17 Oct 2025 01:37:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/news/louisiana-redistricting-case-could-reshape-voting-rights-act/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 01:37:55 +0000 https://hunewsservice.com/?p=21884 WASHINGTON (HUNS) — The Voting Rights Act now faces its largest threat yet, after more than 50 years as a cornerstone of civil rights law.  On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais, a pair of consolidated cases that could determine whether it’s constitutional to use race to create voting districts — even though the aim of the Voting Rights Act is to ensure fair representation for minorities. The justices’ decision could significantly reshape how lower courts interpret voting practices. At stake is Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which “prohibits voting practices]]> https://hunewsservice.com/politics/maloney-is-out-congresswoman-defeated-by-long-timy-ally-after-redistricting/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 20:02:38 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=14071 By Darreonna Davis Howard University News Service After redistributing that delayed New York primaries, U.S. Rep. Jerrold L. Nadler defeated his former congressional neighbor Carolyn Maloney, who served New York’s 14th District for nearly 40 years, in the Democratic primary. Previously, Nadler represented the 10th Congressional District. However, redistricting in New York turned these allies into opponents when they were both drawn into the 12th District made up of the east side of Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn and Queens. Nadler’s votes (55.54%) more than doubled that of Maloney (24.06%). After this week’s win, the 40-year Congressman will spar with]]> https://hunewsservice.com/multimedia/video/why-arent-young-people-at-the-polls/ Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:02:29 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/why-arent-young-people-at-the-polls/ NAACP Launches Voter Education & Registration Drive Photo by Dawn Davis. Nia Savoy, a Howard University student, votes for the first time at Washington Metropolitan High School in 2016.  The NAACP has officially launched its 2018 voter education and registration drive. The country’s oldest Civil Rights organization launched the drive just weeks after the 50th anniversary commemoration of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., noting that voting by blacks is at an all-time low. NewsVision reporter Tayler Adigun talked to millennial voters to get their perspectives.    ]]>