We need a Voting Rights Act for the 21st century, one that goes beyond the anti-discrimination focus of the 15th Amendment and fulfills the broader promise of equal citizenship promised by the ...

Arabic, a language common to many communities around the state, is not included among the language groups federally ...

Major party nominees Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have vastly different viewpoints and ...

Participants commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington carried posters that voiced concern over the possible erosion of gains made by the civil rights movement after the ...

Almost 100 years later, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 abolished these roadblocks ... states that had a history of discrimination had to get federal approval of any changes to their voting policies.

Before heading to the polls on Election Day, here are the rights you need ... Get the Facts. The special helps voters get the facts on the voting process and debunks election-related ...

Alice Malmberg has written this article for Election Law Journal. Here is the abstract: When announced in 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court’s Shelby County v. Holder decision immediately raised concerns ...

Barriers to voting based on language skills, which have come in the form of literacy tests and English-only ballots, have a long history in the United States ... full Language Access report The Voting ...

Harris, Obamas and Voting Rights Leaders Work to Turn Out ... rally on Tuesday where speakers evoked the South's Civil Rights history. “I’m always amazed at how little so many people really ...