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Holder Decries States' Efforts To Restrict Ease Of Voting
miamiherald.com 4 weeks agoIn his bluntest comments to date, Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that voting rights, particularly for minorities, are under assault in some states. Speaking at a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday event in Columbia, Holder said some states had sued to challenge provisions of the Voting Rights Act and had approved new laws that would make it difficult for some minorities to register and vote this year, five decades after King and other civil rights leaders fought for access to the ballot box.
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The Batman/Hamlet Crossover That Never Was
io9.com 3 weeks, 6 days agoIn 1996, author Steve Englehart wrote a 96-page pitch for DC Comics' alternate reality Elseworlds imprint. Titled "The Tragedy of Batman, Prince of Denmark," this comic took the Batman legend and placed it smack dab in the midst of William Shakespeare's famous tragedy. Unfortunately, DC Comics decided not to publish Steve's treatment. But fortunately for us, Englehart agreed to share an excerpt of this Bard-meets-Bat mash-up with io9. Here's the introduction to the Dark Knight's unpublished Danish adventure
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