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Alabama residents Kabrina Anthony (left) and her mother Calandra Anthony attend a Black Voters Matter event at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on June 19, 2021—part of a Freedom Ride bus tour for voting rights, as Republican political leaders in several states proposed new voting laws to limit voter access. (Joshua Lott / The Washington Post via Getty Images)

BY MICHAEL LI | On Tuesday, a federal court once again struck down Alabama’s congressional map, ruling that the redrawn map failed to create the second majority-Black district required by the Supreme Court. The three-judge panel ordered that the new map be independently drawn by a court-appointed special master, rather than the state’s Republican-controlled legislature. 

“We have now said twice that this Voting Rights Act case is not close,” wrote the judges. “And we are deeply troubled that the State enacted a map that the State readily admits does not provide the remedy we said federal law requires.”

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BY JULES HANISEE and ALECIA HODGES | U.S. patriarchal authoritarianism is on the rise, and democracy is on the decline. But day after day, we stay vigilant in our goals to dismantle patriarchy at every turn. The fight is far from over. We are watching, and we refuse to go back. This is the War on Women Report.

Since our last report: 135 people have died in Texas prisons; two Indiana school districts must allow transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choosing; Advanced Placement Psychology classes are “effectively banned” in Florida; an 8-month pregnant woman was arrested and put in jail after a false facial recognition match; New Jersey supreme court sides with Catholic school that fired an unmarried pregnant teacher on religious grounds; a total ban on abortion has taken effect in Indiana, and a strict six-week ban in South Carolina; and more.

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Blue Ivy Carter and Beyoncé perform onstage during the Renaissance World Tour on Aug. 11, 2023 in Atlanta. (Kevin Mazur / WireImage for Parkwood)

BY ANURA BRACEY | Currently, three women—Barbie, Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift—seem to be running the world, or at least the economy judging by record-shattering tour and box office revenues. But, as in the case of Beyoncé and other female artists of color, this success does not translate to deserved recognition from prestigious institutions.  

“The message young women absorb is that unless you are a one-in-a-generation talent like Lauryn Hill or Whitney Houston, female artists of color can kiss goodbye any hope of wide-scale recognition by the Recording Academy.”

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