The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a landmark law enacted to enforce voting protections enshrined in the US Constitution and ...

WASHINGTON - The 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday was overshadowed by a risk the Supreme Court is close to eliminating key portions of the landmark law intended to protect the ...

Part of Dr. King’s dream for America is more relevant than ever now: the right to vote. Much of Dr. King’s advocacy for civil rights tied back to voting rights, like his 1957 “Give us the ballot” ...

Opponents rally before a Texas House redistricting committee public hearing Monday at the University of Texas at Arlington on Monday, July 28, 2025. Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer Sixty years ago ...

WASHINGTON -- Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind him, signed the Voting Rights Act ...

Georgetown University Law Center, the American Constitution Society and the Campaign Legal Center are establishing a Voting Rights Institute to train both students and attorneys at GULC Oct. 2. The ...

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) is putting a heavy focus on voting rights concerns in the hopes of mobilizing voters of color in her bid to defeat Gov. Brian Kemp (R). Abrams’s ...

Hans von Spakovsky was an authority on a wide range of issues for Heritage—including civil rights, civil justice, the First Amendment, immigration. Race-based drawing of political boundary lines ...