Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.” President Lyndon ...

Boomers growing up in an era of rising Black political power thought America had changed for good. What went wrong?

As Republicans destroy historic Black-majority House districts in the South, they are being compared with segregationists ...

The 1965 law was mean to address fundamental inequities in American life, and was one of the signal accomplishments of the civil rights movement. By Sonia A. Rao The Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of ...

Andrew Young, who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. for voting rights, has strong words for the Supreme Court but tells CNN ...

The high court says it’s OK to discriminate racially in drawing congressional districts as long as lawmakers are seeking ...

In a 6-3 decision on Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s second majority Black congressional district, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday hollowed out a landmark Civil Rights-era law that has increased minority representation in Congress and elsewhere, striking down a majority Black ...

The Supreme Court ruling said there must be proof that a racial group was “intentionally” disadvantaged. The dissent called ...

Women from Fannie Lou Hamer to Kamala Harris warned America about threats to democracy. What happens when we finally listen?

The Voting Rights Act over its six decades became one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history, preventing discrimination against minorities at the ballot box and helping to elect ...

There is nothing “race neutral” about diluting the voting power of Black voters in service to partisan gerrymanders.