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Texas voters scored a major victory yesterday when the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found the state's restrictive photo ID requirement violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

On Aug. 1, members of the NAACP, CWA and many other allies began the "America's Journey for Justice" march that will cover more than 860 miles and feature teach-ins in almost 40 locations between Selma, AL, and Washington, DC.

The U.S. State Department's upgrade of Malaysia from the ranks of the world's worst human rights offenders happened despite objections from the agency's own human rights experts, according to Reuters in a report out this week.

Another last ditch effort to come to agreement on the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal failed last week in Maui, Hawaii.

CWA's Executive Board met in Washington, DC, on Aug 5-6 and discussed issues including organizing, bargaining underway throughout CWA, legislative and political action and more.