President Donald Trump asked Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) to call the state legislature in for a special session where they could ...

The Supreme Court may extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality.

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...

Both Texas Republicans and Democrats are ratcheting up their rhetoric over proposed US House maps that could give the GOP ...

The Voting Rights Act was signed 60 years ago today. It was the culmination of a hard-fought campaign by civil rights activists in the South. Now, a Georgia Democrat in Congress is leading the push to ...

INDIA bloc parties are united in demanding a discussion in Parliament on the voter roll revision exercise in Bihar as it is important to protect the voting rights of all Indians, Leader of Opposition ...

It might sound radical, because only two states — Maine and Vermont — allow people with felony convictions to vote from ...

Seventeen years ago, my family and I voted for Barack Obama, America’s first Black president. Back then, I had a say and a ...

In 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later an atomic bomb hit ...

August 6 is the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Let us honor the sacrifices of the past by recommitting ourselves ...

Museums across the U.S. have artifacts on display that represent and reflect landmark events of the Civil Rights era.

The intricate operation to move and preserve the Jackson Home and other artifacts from the Civil Rights era preceded ...