The Supreme Court, with its six-to-three Republican-appointed majority, appears ready to kneecap what remains of the Voting ...

The Democratic Party believes the Voting Rights Act guarantees majority-minority seats proportional to minority populations.

Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist has landed his first major gubernatorial endorsement from a sitting member of Congress: ...

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

The Supreme Court has heard Louisiana v. Callais, a case that could reshape American redistricting and perhaps end the era ...

By rolling back “disparate impact” rules, the Trump administration threatens decades of progress against systemic ...

When Frederick Douglass spoke in Cork on October 23, 1845, his message was clear and uncompromising. The formerly enslaved ...

UC San Diego and the San Diego Foundation have agreed, as part of a legal settlement, to allow students of all races and ...

If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is dismantled, the impact will reshape political power across the US, experts say.

Most importantly, Roberts is an extraordinarily patient bulldozer. He plays space-age chess with precision; he moves slowly, ...

After a long treatise on the illegality of secession, Lincoln closed with a single flourish. His plea to the “better angels ...

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