The most influential cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this term, which begins on Oct. 6, 2025, address the role of race in ...

Otis Wilson had enough with talking and decided to go to court. His Louisiana town of St. Francisville, north of Baton Rouge, had long elected alderpersons as at-large representatives for a single, ...

A bipartisan pair of lawmakers wants to turn an executive order on the matter into law. Some Kentucky lawmakers want to expand who can vote in our elections. Specifically, those formerly incarcerated.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing a sea of state troopers, Charles Mauldin was near the front line of voting rights marchers who strode across the now-infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on ...

Republican officials are pushing for more voting restrictions on U.S. citizens who were born abroad and have never lived in ...

Texas Republicans' plan to carve out five new, potentially GOP leaning congressional districts threatens "millions of Texans' voting rights," warns Democratic Rep. Greg Casar. "By merging my district, ...

There were many cheers and a few standing ovations at the Emmys, but also a loud chorus of boos. Those jeers were directed at Congress for voting to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ...