In Alabama, Voting Decision Seen As Sign Of Progress, Setback
Debbie Elliot of NPR writes that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act is being met with mixed reactions in the South, with civil rights groups and religious organizations seeing it as a major setback. Charles Steele, the national president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, called the decision “a blow to democracy that harkens to unfair poll tests under Jim Crow.”