Civil rights activists fought for the Voting Rights Acts 60 years ago. Some worry the law's protections are now at risk.

When 1965 began, federal voting rights legislation was far from the minds of most in Washington. After all, Congress had just ...

As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, its legacy is under siege—from courts, lawmakers, and a government retreating from ...

The Preserving Black Churches grant program is now accepting applications. This $60 million national initiative, managed by ...

An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in the 1960s calling for Black voting rights has been ...

Sixty years ago today – August 6, 1965 – President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965, giving a ...

Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin ...

Six decades later, as key protections erode and courts revisit core provisions, civil rights groups, legal experts, and organizers are fighting to protect this essential pillar of democracy.

Since Trump clearly loves gerrymandering and loves putting his name on hotels, resorts, golf courses, hats, steaks and other things, perhaps it’s time to retire the name “gerrymandering” and honor our ...