Discover the significance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as it turns 60. Learn about the ongoing fight for voter rights and ...

It is time for the United States to uphold the words of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution: all Americans are equal and have the constitutional right to be treated equally. Discrimination against ...

At the press conference activists will call upon Congress to pass The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 14).

That is precisely what the Supreme Court did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: The ...

On Monday, as part of “Closer Look’s” week-long special programming examining implications of the Voting Rights Act, host ...

The Supreme Court will hear a case over the creation of minority-majority congressional districts under the Voting Rights Act as states weigh redistricting.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s request to the parties in a Louisiana redistricting case could affect Alabama’s similar, long-running battle over congressional boundaries. In an order issued Friday, the ...

A group of Baton Rouge judges wants a federal court to reopen a 1986 voting rights case, arguing a new 19th JDC election map ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the arrest of Democrats who fled the state to prevent a redistricting effort by ...

The justices may limit the ability of courts to take race into account when trying to remedy under-representation by minority ...

As recently as 2023, the high court said lower courts could intervene in "instances of intensive racial politics where the ...

Senators Wyden and Merkley join efforts to reintroduce the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, aiming to restore and ...