July 3, 2026
(Left) MADD victim services specialist Heather Elder presents Missouri State Representative Mark Sharp with the Roll Call Award.
Mother Khadijah Farrakhan. (Photo/Chicago Crusader)
(Right) Greg Lange of Bismarck, North Dakota, drops off his absentee ballot and his wife’s at the Bismarck Burleigh County Office Building. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
Friday, July 3, 2026
The U. S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, a blow to the Trump administration and some Republican states that had urged the justices to require all ballots to arrive by the close of polls.
The Southern Baptist Convention’s proposed constitutional amendment would formalize restrictions on women serving as pastors. For many Black church leaders, the vote highlights longstanding questions about women’s roles in ministry and church leadership. (Envato photo/Photo/St. Louis American)
Mother Khadijah Farrakhan. (Photo/Chicago Crusader)
(Left) MADD victim services specialist Heather Elder presents Missouri State Representative Mark Sharp with the Roll Call Award.