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The court’s steady effort to make the law an artifact of the past is of a piece with its broad expansion of executive power ...
Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark legislation becoming law. Those at the epicenter of the fight for voting ...
Thursday was the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and in Morgantown, the Community Coalition for Social ...
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 ...
While the Voting Rights Act may be heading to its demise as a functional piece of legislation, it can still stand as a symbol ...
That is precisely what the Supreme Court did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: The ...
Like democracy, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 didn’t come with a lifetime warranty. The survival of both depends on our vigilance in protecting the vote, democracy’s most important lifeline.
The Voting Rights Act is quite likely dead given previous Supreme Court decisions under Chief Justice John Roberts, opines ...
State Rep. Vince Perez (D) and his colleagues have faced threats of arrest and violence for leaving the state to stop a "clearly racially engineered" map.
As Texas attempts to redistrict its congressional seats, it could bring larger implications to Louisiana and the nation.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states ...