A state Assembly committee cleared a voting rights act on Thursday that proponents say will fill a dangerous gap left by the ...

In Mississippi, 38 percent of residents are Black yet there are no Black statewide elected officials. The last time a Black ...

The choir Consonance gives the local premiere of “Here I Am,” a multimedia work drawing its text from 47 notable women.

The federal observer program sends neutral observers to monitor election sites to ensure voters don't experience discrimination at the polls.

The groups are working to educate voters in the South about how they would be affected if the court strikes down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that ...

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that ...

Even the court’s conservative justices should have a hard time swallowing arguments that violate so many pillars of legal reasoning.

Bernard LaFayette, who is known for participating in the Freedom Rides and overseeing the voter registration campaign in ...