Native American tribes in North Dakota challenged a state legislative map they said dilutes their voting power. An appeals ...

"This Court has been extraordinarily unfriendly to the Voting Rights Act over the last couple of decades," a voting rights ...

The Black civil rights movement’s greatest legal achievement is now on a Republican Supreme Court’s chopping block.

It’s the latest ruling from the St. Louis-based 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, saying only the government can bring lawsuits ...

The order guarantees voters, at least for now, the ability to sue to enforce rights guaranteed under the landmark 1965 law.

The justices are reviewing a federal appeals court ruling which held that only the federal government can sue to protect ...

Since taking office Jan. 20, President Donald Trump has issued executive orders that forced businesses, schools, universities ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which serves to protect and enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments. It was enacted in response to voter suppression in the 1960s by state ...

The Supreme Court paused a lower court's ruling that would have weakened the Voting Rights Act on Thursday, granting Native ...

The Supreme Court is revisiting the Voting Rights Act, potentially altering safeguards against discriminatory voting maps. Justice Clarence Thomas, holding long-standing concerns that the VRA ...

July 17 marked the fifth anniversary of the passing of Rep. John Lewis. To honor this legend of the Civil Rights movement, ...

The day of action is dubbed “Good Trouble Lives On,” in reference to Lewis’s call for people in America to participate in ...