On the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil ...

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

The Voting Rights Act was signed into law 60 years ago but has been slowly eroding for more than a decade. That erosion ...

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

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is in Russia to discuss the war in Ukraine ahead of a deadline for peace. And, today marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which is facing new threats.

The Black civil rights movement’s greatest legal achievement is now on a Republican Supreme Court’s chopping block.

"This Court has been extraordinarily unfriendly to the Voting Rights Act over the last couple of decades," a voting rights expert told Newsweek.

The Supreme Court delayed ruling on a Louisiana congressional redistricting case that some legal experts say could end up further weakening protections against maps that dilute minority voters' power.

The Voting Rights Act's legacy is under threat. Maryland's proposed Voting Rights Act could protect fair representation and voting rights for all.

Yet, with the New Jersey voting rights act still awaiting its next hearing, New Jersey legislators have their collective foot off the gas. Despite the state of emergency for our democracy, we ...