Tag: Jeff Sessions
What The President’s Change to the Affordable Care Act Means For...
By Eugene Kiely
Factcheck.org
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced it will “immediately” stop making payments that help low-income people pay for out-of-pocket health care...
Democrat Doug Jones will take on the winner of the Republican...
Times Staff report
Former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones will face the winner of the runoff between incumbent Sen. Luther Strange and former Alabama Chief Justice...
Democrats will try to delay vote on Jeff Sessions for attorney...
By Mary Clare Jalonick
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to request a delay in the confirmation...
Protests mount: Jeff Sessions threatens 60 years of civil rights progress,...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
U.S. Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions is “the single biggest threat to 60 years of civil rights and social justice...
Alabama police end NAACP sit-in against attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions
By Kim Chandler
Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The national president of the NAACP and five others were arrested after staging a sit-in Tuesday at...
Civil rights will ‘evaporate’ under Jeff Sessions, Birmingham NAACP says
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Civil and voting rights advances would “evaporate” if Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions is confirmed as U.S. Attorney General, said officials...
Civil rights groups furious in opposition to Jeff Sessions nod for...
By Lauren Victoria Burke
NNPA Newswire
The first sentence from the statement by Color of Change Executive Director Rashad Robinson that was released hours after the...
Alabama NAACP: Don’t shop on Black Friday; be aware of Jeff...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
The Alabama chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Monday encouraged citizens to not...