/maxbellschool/taxonomy/term/3954/all en /maxbellschool/channels/news/biden-vows-end-filibuster-ahead-voting-rights-bills-will-mark-turning-point-us-history-globe-and-336472 <p>January 12, 2022 | Joe Biden isn't the first president to push for expanded voting rights, <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/david-shribman">David Shribman</a> comments in his article for <em>The Globe and Mail</em>. "If the working definition of news is a departure from the normal, then Joe Biden's speech Tuesday pressing Congress to preserve and expand voting rights for minorities barely qualifies," Shribman writes. "American presidents have been making that speech for more than a half-century."</p> Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:36:25 +0000 victoria.weston@mcgill.ca 2757 at /maxbellschool