The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states.

Questions about the Voting Rights Act’s constitutionality have long been hanging in the air at the Supreme Court. But it was only earlier this month, in an order expanding a Louisiana redistricting ...

Historically, individual plaintiffs have sued under the VRA to overturn discriminatory local voting laws. But an appeals ...

A small, but growing, number of Hoosier Republicans have voiced their support for a mid-cycle redistricting effort. And up to ...

WASHINGTON ‒ On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil right lawyers and scholars warn those rights are in danger again.

This month we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the single most influential pieces of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, ...

A major case now before the U.S. Supreme Court has some fearing that this year's anniversary of the Voting Rights Act may be its last.

The nation is marking the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark legislation into law on Aug. 6, 1965 after marchers were beaten in ...

Provisions in the Voting Rights Act were set to expire initially after five years but were later renewed a total of five ...

President Trump’s recent decree that the states must follow his orders to get rid of voting machines and voting by mail is ...