The fate of the Voting Rights Act, at issue in Louisiana v. Callais, might depend on a devastating decision from six years ago. In 2019, in Rucho v. Common Cause, the Supreme Court refused to ...
While the 1965 law was adopted in response to discriminatory practices in southern states, it has affected states and localities nationwide. By Nick Corasaniti The Voting Rights Act grew out of civil ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a ...
A Supreme Court ruling against the Voting Rights Act could allow Republicans to redraw districts and solidify control of the House From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get ...
Since the Voting Rights Act was signed into law in 1965, African Americans have been allowed to vote in elections for the past 60 years. After an oral argument in the Supreme Court that’s disputing a ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The conservatives are ready to wind the clock back to 1982, if not earlier. At issue ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided federal appeals court on Monday ruled that private individuals and groups such as the NAACP do not have the ability to sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights ...
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The US Supreme Court is considering a major redistricting case out of Louisiana that could have far-reaching effects on the Voting Rights Act and the future of congressional representation in the ...
Sister Mary Antona Ebo, a Franciscan Sister of Mary, is pictured in the front row at the center with her superior, Sister Eugene Marie Smith, as they march in Selma, Ala., March 10, 1965, to support ...
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