Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The consolidated cases, known as Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais, could weaken Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a landmark law enacted to enforce voting protections enshrined in the US Constitution and ...

Since the Voting Rights Act was signed into law in 1965, African Americans have been allowed to vote in elections for the past 60 years. After an oral argument in the Supreme Court that's disputing a ...

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) gathered on Capitol Hill Oct. 15 to sound the alarm over what they see as one of the most consequential U.S. Supreme Court cases in recent history. As ...

Opponents rally before a Texas House redistricting committee public hearing Monday at the University of Texas at Arlington on Monday, July 28, 2025. Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer Sixty years ago ...

The Supreme Court on Oct. 15 appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost ...

The Voting Rights Act was passed to stop racial discrimination in voting. The case, Louisiana v. Callais, questions if states can comply with the Voting Rights Act without violating constitutional ...

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark Voting Rights Act, declaring that "today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield." But over the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting rights activists were relieved in 2023 when, in a surprise to some, the Supreme Court upheld the most important remaining element of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling forced ...

WASHINGTON – When Congress passed landmark civil rights legislation in 1965 to stop racial discrimination in voting, only six members of the U.S. House were Black. Today, there are 10 times as many ...

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed discriminatory voting practices and became one of the crowning achievements of the civil rights movement, some political observers assert that ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Tati King says he wants to set an example for his grandchildren that it's important to make sure their voices are heard. It's why King, a 54-year-old living in Alexandria, Va., is ...