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The Supreme Court Actually Upheld the Voting Rights Act for Once
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAfter a decade of steadily chipping away at the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court actually upheld...
Trump-appointed judges dealt a ‘body blow’ to the Voting Rights Act
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOver the last decade, the US Supreme Court has gradually chipped away at a landmark voting rights...
58 years after the signing of the Voting Rights Act, protecting the Black vote remains a struggle
theGrio via AOL· 9 months agoOPINION: New laws in GOP-controlled states have added new barriers to the ballot box for Black...
Alabama in the wake of the Voting Rights Act: A long struggle to improve voting access
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEDITOR'S NOTE: This page is part of a comprehensive guide to state voting rights across the U.S. and...
Voting Rights Act survives at US Supreme Court but more challenges loom
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe U.S. Supreme Court has granted an unexpected reprieve to a landmark law barring racial...
Civil rights legislation sparked powerful backlash that's still shaping American politics
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA group of voters lining up outside the polling station, a small Sugar Shack store, on May 3, 1966,...
Court ruling on Black voters’ right to sue under Voting Rights Act is ‘unconscionable’
theGrio via AOL· 5 months agoJonathan Miller of the Public Rights Project says the order is part of a “concerted effort by...
Voting rights still hang in the balance on the 58th anniversary of Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ march—and...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoPresident Joe Biden traveled to Selma, Ala., last weekend to mark the 58th anniversary of the 1965...
Georgia congressional maps violate the Voting Rights Act, judge rules
NBC News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA federal judge in Atlanta ruled Thursday that Georgia’s redrawn congressional maps violate the...
A guide to voter rights in Georgia. What you need to know before you cast a ballot
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEDITOR'S NOTE: This page is part of a comprehensive guide to state voting rights across the U.S. and...