ATLANTA, Ga. — It has been an unprecedented year for new voting laws. Some make it easier to cast a ballot, but others make voting more difficult. Eliza Sweren-Becker is the voting rights and election ...
The justices turned down Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal and started hearing arguments in their new term, with a big hearing on ...
AG Kwame Raoul and 22 states urge Supreme Court to uphold individuals' right to sue under Voting Rights Act, protecting ...
In a speech before he signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson said of the landmark civil rights law, “Today we strike away the last major shackle…the Negro story and ...
The Supreme Court last week announced it wants to reconsider one of the core assumptions behind the Voting Rights Act: whether it’s even constitutional to intentionally draw congressional districts ...
On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, we honor those who strived for that victory by defending its true legacy—one that demands not just political participation, but economic justice as ...
In 1915, women across the country were seeking to be granted the right to vote, a right, at that point, only granted to their ...