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A new ‘Jim Crow era’: Biden, civil rights leaders slam Georgia election reform


WASHINGTON – Voting rights groups vowed Friday to fight against a new election law in Georgia they said would erect a wall of barriers for voters of color not seen since the Jim Crow era. They also blasted the arrest of a Georgia state representative, a Black woman, who attempted to watch the signing of the state’s new election law.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/26/georgia-voting-bill-2021-biden-civil-rights-leaders-slam-new-leaw/7015324002/

A new ‘Jim Crow era’: Biden, civil rights leaders slam Georgia election reform


WASHINGTON – Voting rights groups vowed Friday to fight against a new election law in Georgia they said would erect a wall of barriers for voters of color not seen since the Jim Crow era. They also blasted the arrest of a Georgia state representative, a Black woman, who attempted to watch the signing of the state’s new election law.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/26/georgia-voting-bill-2021-biden-civil-rights-leaders-slam-new-leaw/7015324002/

Explainer: What does Georgia’s new GOP election law do?


US News: ATLANTA: The sweeping rewrite of Georgia’s election rules represents the first big set of changes since former President Donald Trump’s repeated, base.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/explainer-what-does-georgias-new-gop-election-law-do/articleshow/81717959.cms

Suez Canal authorities need to remove up to 706,000 cubic feet of sand to free the Ever Given


Up to 20,000 cubic meters (706,000 cubic feet) of sand in the Suez Canal need to be removed to free the gigantic container ship that has been stuck there since Tuesday, according to the canal authorities.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/25/middleeast/suez-canal-ship-sand-intl-hnk/index.html

Son of victim in Atlanta spa shooting questions suspect’s sex addiction claim


For Randy Park, some of his favorite memories with his mom were of the simpler things: eating sushi with her before she’d go to work each night or giving her a to-go meal when she was too tired to do anything.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/son-victim-atlanta-spa-shooting-outpouring-support-surreal/story?id=76560937&cid=clicksource_4380645_3_heads_hero_live_twopack_hed