Families, educators and advocates described barriers to accessing proper support and services.
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Heather Hollingsworth,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
The Selma-to-Montgomery marches galvanized passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which did away with most barriers such as poll taxes and other forms of voter discrimination targeting Black Americans in the Deep South.
But the process has been riddled with stumbling blocks – including persistent fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, which threatened to derail US-Iran talks last week.
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Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
25 June 2026
Since then, the process has stretched to require four different levels of review, each with a list of procedural requirements that pose stumbling blocks for prisoners seeking help.
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