Every weekend we will take stock of the big stories and share your stories about how the news is affecting you. Were kind of like a dam in a river using this nonstop flow of information to power your understanding of whats going on. Well help you stay on top of the news cycle and hopefully not get swept away. Tonight oddly enough our job is a bit simpler. The nation is mostly talking about just one story. Its been just over 24 hours since we found out. Some stunning and sad, desperately sad news tonight Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has died. Hero and icon, a woman way ahead of her time. There were so many things that were off limits to women. All those barriers are gone but still with us and harder to deal with is what i call unconscious bias. I hope every american knows that she was an historic, courageous person who moved our country forward in all the right ways. She was an amazing woman whether you agreed or not, she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life. Her op
[indiscernible crowd noise] indiscernible crowd noise] indiscernible crowd noise] looking at downtown d. C. Just off the National Mall commemorating the march on washington for jobs and freedom led by Martin Luther king jr. On august 28, 1963. The anniversary itself is wednesday when another gathering is planned and president obama will be here. Well have live coverage on cspan and cspan radio of that appearance. If you missed any of the rally that just ended well show you ighlights from that rally. For those of us who are from the south, 50 years ago we received our marching orders hen the prophet dr. King jr. Quoted the prophet isiah, that have a dream. This is our hope. This is the faith that we go back to the south with. Those are our marching orders. This is the faith that we go back to the south with. Yes, the south where some are still trying to fight the civil war. Yes, the south. Where we are witnessing this vicious attack on Voting Rights and the blatant Voter Suppression by
An Oklahoma judge threw out a lawsuit that sought financial restitution for the three remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, effectively ending any further attempts
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Despite gaining national traction in the 1970s, the history of the anti-abortion movement in the U.S. goes back more than a century before the landmark Supreme Court decision.