The new legislation would require American citizens to produce documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to ...

The House of Representatives chamber has been the site of some of history’s greatest strides for the freedom to vote. It’s ...

The Nation’s justice correspondent Elie Mystal told “The View” co-hosts on Tuesday that all laws passed before the 1965 ...

The federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a landmark civil rights law during one of ... The event helped galvanize national support for federal voting rights legislation. Congressional Democrats have ...

One of President Donald Trump’s latest executive orders is targeting voting rights and mail-in ballots. A move that New York State officials and advocates are slamming as an attack on voters of color, ...

Mere weeks after the Edmund Pettus march, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was presented to Congress on March 17, 1965. President Johnson signed the bill into law on August 6, 1965. Since 1965, voting ...

President Trump has embarked on a systematic effort to unravel Lyndon B. Johnson's civil rights legacy, rolling back ...

Under the Trump administration, the Justice Department has stepped away from some voting rights lawsuits, leaving behind a ...

Colorado Democrats push for state Voting Rights Act to strengthen voting rights, potentially facing legal challenges to its constitutionality.

Alabama continues to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, with a series of events in the state’s capital city intended to cause reflection, celebration and ...