The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was follow-up legislation to the Civil Rights Act passed a year earlier. In a break from ...

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

The justices may limit the ability of courts to take race into account when trying to remedy under-representation by minority ...

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

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

On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, we honor those who strived for that victory by defending its true ...

On Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA), one of the most consequential victories in ...

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

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

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.

Sixty years ago, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law, opening the doors of American democracy wider than ever before. Designed to eliminate racially discriminatory voting practices like ...