Last November, the new majority-Black 6th district voted in U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields. The district, in its previous, ...

Sixty years after Bloody Sunday in Selma, civil rights activists’ progress in securing equal access to the ballot is being ...

While research from the 1990s on minority-opportunity districts did not find consistent turnout effects, more recent analysis ...

Discover how organizations like Black Women Unmuted, ColorComm, and African Women in Media are supporting Black women ...

Conservatives have challenged the drawing of some Black-majority congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms ...

Wisconsin's April 1 election includes a high-stakes Supreme Court race and plenty of local offices, but a statewide referendum question on Wisconsin's voter ID law at the bottom of the ballot has ...

The Democratic Party declined to endorse Krasner as he seeks a third term amid a serious primary challenge from former Judge ...

Lancaster city residents and activists demanded greater police accountability and the termination of several police officers ...

A new survey reveals that a majority of Black respondents want Democrats to prioritize defending attacks on DEI.

Alabama and Georgia increased Black voter participation by up to 6% and reduced the voter turnout gap between Black and white voters by 2-4%. "In a world where we know that elections can sometimes ...

Florida shows that college campuses play an important role in increasing access to voting, not just for students but for residents in the surrounding communities, too. Nearly 3% of the 5.4 million ...

There was shockingly low voter turnout for the 2025 Cook County races, even though local government has a greater impact on citizens than federal.