The Supreme Court has indicated a willingness to limit race-based districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the conservative majority signaled it might prohibit using race as a factor in creating election districts. Resulting redistricting could let states cement ...

The Supreme Court will convene on Wednesday to hear a legal battle over Louisiana's congressional map that could reverberate ...

Federal judges ruled Thursday that Alabama intentionally diluted the voting strength of Black residents when it drew congressional lines, and said the state must continue using a court-ordered map ...

The conservative-majority Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider whether to eviscerate a key provision of the landmark ...

Civil rights advocacy groups on Friday asked a federal judge to block the U.S. Justice Department from shuttering a 1960s-era ...

Journalist William Turton first reported on Kirk's comments in a January 2024 article for Wired. According to Turton's report, Kirk made the statement while speaking at America Fest, a political ...

Black lawmakers and voting rights advocates are expressing concern about a potential decline in minority political ...

The year 1963 was a landmark one for the civil rights movement – and it's the subject of Peniel Joseph's new book Freedom Season. In the book, the University of Texas at Austin professor argues the ...

Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk once said, "We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s." Journalist William Turton first reported on Kirk's comments in a ...