The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a landmark law enacted to enforce voting protections enshrined in the US Constitution and ...
In big wins for civil liberties to protect abortion access and voting rights, and defy fearmongering, voters built the momentum needed to carry the fight forward to future elections. In big wins for ...
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 ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Holly Corbett covers bias, workplace culture, and social movements. The 19th Amendment is part of a larger story about voting ...
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) is putting a heavy focus on voting rights concerns in the hopes of mobilizing voters of color in her bid to defeat Gov. Brian Kemp (R). Abrams’s ...
Georgetown University Law Center, the American Constitution Society and the Campaign Legal Center are establishing a Voting Rights Institute to train both students and attorneys at GULC Oct. 2. The ...
Redistricting fights helped propel U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey’s political career; now one threatens to end it. While working for then-U.S. Rep. Martin Frost, a North Texas Democrat, Veasey had a prime view ...
Hans von Spakovsky was an authority on a wide range of issues for Heritage—including civil rights, civil justice, the First Amendment, immigration. Race-based drawing of political boundary lines ...