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 ...

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

The most effective civil rights legislation in U.S. history has been upended by two recent Supreme Court decisions. States are moving to pass new voting restrictions nationwide.

This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which did more than nearly any other piece of ...

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.

For 48 years, the Voting Rights Act has been one of the most prominent pieces of Civil Rights legislation. Its aim: to ensure that people in areas with a history of racial discrimination receive ...

NEWS On 40th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act, ACLU Says Law Still Needed PUBLICATIONS > The Voting Rights Act: What It Has Meant and What Is at Stake > Voting Rights Project History > The Voting ...

Prior to the Voting Rights Act, only an estimated 23 percent of voting-age Blacks were registered nationally, but by 1969 the number had jumped to 61 percent and by November 2020, 62.6 percent.

Pennsylvania voters have already demonstrated they want policies that will make it easier and more accessible for eligible ...

The most effective civil rights legislation in U.S. history has been upended by two recent Supreme Court decisions. States are moving to pass new voting restrictions nationwide.