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

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

The Supreme Court has been whittling away the VRA’s legal protections for years. Now it's poised to reconsider one of the act ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 led to an immediate wave of Black voter participation. 60 years later, that participation is ...

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

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

The Supreme Court signaled Friday that it will take a broader look at a high-profile redistricting fight over Louisiana’s ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has expanded the scope of a Louisiana redistricting case that could weaken key provisions of the ...

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

The justices paused a lower court order pending a decision on whether the Supreme Court will take up the case, a major ...

In a pending case on Louisiana’s congressional map, the justices ordered briefing on whether it’s constitutional to intentionally draw majority-Black districts.