Seventy years ago, a coalition of young lawyers, activists, preachers and Americans of conscience joined together for a ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that judges are powerless to review partisan gerrymandering. But courts can still enforce the ...

A redistricting war between red and blue states has erupted – and it's bigger than Texas. Here's what to know about Louisiana v. Callais.

Readers react to a push by Texas Republicans to redraw the state's voting districts, a political fight that is reverberating ...

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark legislation becoming law. Those at the epicenter of the fight for voting ...

This is the final video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, ...

In a speech before he signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson said of the landmark civil ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states. The law is under threat.