When the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court return to the bench Oct. 6, they will hear cases impacting core constitutional issues, including equal protection, free speech and voting rights, that will ...

When Press Robinson filed a lawsuit under the landmark Voting Rights Act in 1974, he won a settlement that put him on a path to becoming the first elected Black member of the school board in East ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority signaled deep skepticism Wednesday over the creation of a second majority Black district in Louisiana and appeared open to at least weakening the ...

This August marked the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act – the landmark United States federal law that banned racial discrimination in voting. But six decades later, many of its ...