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

The House advance the Trump agenda bill on a 219-213 vote after most of the Republican holdouts flipped their votes to ...

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

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.

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

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

Los Angeles residents and experts say the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is reminiscent of a long-standing dynamic in the state and around the country.

Residents and experts say the response is reminiscent of a longstanding dynamic in the state and around the country.

1901-02Dr. William F. Reid becomes the first black delegate in the Virginia General Assembly in 82 years. The Voting Rights Act permitted federal supervision of voter registration wherever fewer ...

A three-judge court in Alabama’s Northern District has determined that the legislature’s 2023 congressional map violates the Voting Rights Act and cannot be used in future elections. The court ...

For Berksteiner, the bill hearkens to Georgia’s voting rights history, which dates to the late 1800s with the establishment of poll taxes and whites-only primaries as the state saw an ...