The Voting Rights Act is a historic civil rights law that is meant to ensure that the right to vote is not denied on account of race or color. This will be the first election in 50 years without full ...

It is part of SCOTUSblog’s 2020 Election Litigation Tracker, a joint project with Election Law at Ohio State. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is widely considered to be the single most important federal ...

Civil rights groups decided not to ask the Supreme Court to review a court ruling that could help end a key way of enforcing ...

The case concerns Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which prohibits drawing election districts in ways that improperly dilute minorities' voting power. Many people interpret this to mean ...

Learn more about how to exercise your voting rights, resist voter intimidation efforts, and access disability-related accommodations and language assistance at the polls. For help at the polls, call ...

Progressive groups in Arkansas have decided to not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a lower court's ruling that ...

The historic law that promoted equality for all Americans. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act as Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders look on; President's ...

The Human Rights Act brings home fundamental, universal rights we all have as human beings, and allows us to challenge authorities if they violate them. If you’re lucky you won’t ever need to use it ...

Dr. Fahamu Pecou, an interdisciplinary artist and scholar, painted For Yesterday, For Tomorrow for our June 2024 cover. He wrote on his Instagram about the painting: “The cover art is a tribute ...

Ardies Gilliard 41 of Gary Indiana. He was the third child born to Richard Gilliard Sr. and Betty Jean Gilliard. He attended William A Wirt High School. He was employed by the Hammond Indiana ...