Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act to fortify the 15th Amendment, which gave Black men the right to vote, and end ...

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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 ...

When the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision on April 29 that all but invalidates the Voting Rights Act, legal and voting-rights analysts called it a knockout blow to a powerful tool against ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Louisiana congressional map drawn to include a second majority-Black district. The decision in Louisiana v. Callais significantly weakened Section 2 of the ...

WASHINGTON — King Charles III extolled the bonds between Britain and the United States in a speech to Congress. Here is the full text: “Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, members of Congress, ...

King Charles III extolled the bonds between Britain and the United States in a speech to Congress on Tuesday. Here is the full text: “Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, members of Congress, ...

Footage from key moments in the history of the Voting Rights Act.Credit... Supported by By Audra D. S. Burch Emily Cochrane and Jamie Leventhal The Voting Rights Act, among the most consequential ...

President Trump is now in a very similar situation to what was faced by LBJ in the spring of 1965: should American ground troops be sent in? LBJ was warned by George Ball that if he did he’d be ...

(Nairobi) – A bill before Uganda’s parliament that proposes sweeping controls over “foreign funding” and political activity threatens fundamental rights and could be used to shut down civil society, ...

In another leadership change at the top of a University of Texas college, Dean JR DeShazo will leave the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the end of this academic year. DeShazo has led ...

On Feb. 27, Columbia University announced it had reached an agreement with StandWithUS Center for Legal Justice, Students Against Antisemitism Inc. and a number of Columbia students. The agreement ...