As the Supreme Court revisits the Voting Rights Act, we remember that the journey to that decision was long and hard. Black Americans labored tirelessly for civil rights, including the right to vote—a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 1965, on a bridge in Selma, Alabama, Black Americans faced tear gas, billy clubs, and hatred as they marched for the right to vote. Police beat and bloodied them, yet they ...

Voting rights activists were relieved in 2023 when, in a surprise to some, the Supreme Court upheld the most important remaining element of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling forced Alabama and later ...

The Supreme Court on Oct. 15 appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost ...

This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais about the last remaining section of the Voting Rights Act, a civil-rights law designed to ensure that states could not get in ...

Despite this week’s blue wave, it’s possible the Supreme Court and GOP statehouses could preserve the House Republican ...

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) gathered on Capitol Hill Oct. 15 to sound the alarm over what they see as one of the most consequential U.S. Supreme Court cases in recent history. As ...