The Supreme Court justices gave an ominous prelude to next term, when voting rights — another pillar of a strong democracy — ...

Sixty years ago this summer, Congress enacted the nation-transforming Voting Rights Act. Soon, however, Congress and a ...

ESSENCE celebrates the changemakers shaping a bold, Black future today during Black History Month. With our second annual “Black Futures Now” list, we’re honoring a select group of leaders ...

The Conversation focuses on how the overall expansion of voting rights and a historical understanding of “We the People” ...

The Supreme Court punted on Friday in a major legal challenge to Louisiana’s long-litigated congressional map, taking the unusual step of holding the case over for a second term.

On his second day in office, President Donald Trump labeled O.F.C.C.P.’s efforts to enforce the 1964 Civil Rights Act illegal ...

Courts have recognized a “private right of action” in the Voting Rights Act since the law’s inception. In 1966, a dispute ...

A young janitor’s role in thwarting an attempted bombing in 1958 is the latest addition to an Alabama oral history project ...

We got those rights through voting. So during Pride Month this year, let’s celebrate resilience and community, and let’s act together at the ballot box. The future is Pride ...

In May, a three-judge federal court ruling found that Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act by intentionally diluting the voting strength of Black voters in the state when the Legislature drew up ...

Watch: Kenosha’s Juneteenth Celebration honors Black history, freedom and the power of community “Now we’re five years strong,” Owens said. “It’s been a journey.

Labor and civil rights leader A. Phillip Randolph initially rejects a plea by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to call off the ...