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

Harmeet Dhillon, who has been President Donald Trump's legal advisor for years, has also harshly attacked LGBTQ rights and ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Bill Would Strengthen Voter Protections and Access Amid Federal Uncertainty In the uncertain climate of the United States ...

The Supreme Court will determine whether Louisiana will have to uphold a second majority-Black congressional district.

Sixty years ago today the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March concluded with Martin Luther King Jr. speaking before a ...

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 ...