Abbott called a special session of the legislature to adopt a new map unveiled last Wednesday, which redraws congressional ...

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 ...

Civil rights activists fought for the Voting Rights Acts 60 years ago. Some worry the law's protections are now at risk.

The nation is marking the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark ...

DNC chair Ken Martin joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss Texas' redistricting effort as Gov. Abbott feuds with Democrats ...

When 1965 began, federal voting rights legislation was far from the minds of most in Washington. After all, Congress had just ...

On the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil rights lawyers and scholars warn those rights are in danger again.

Texas's redistricting attempts are meant to amend previous racial gerrymandering and ensure fair representation to the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. The landmark legislation outlawed literacy tests and gave the federal government power to protect ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was follow-up legislation to the Civil Rights Act passed a year earlier. In a break from ...

On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, we honor those who strived for that victory by defending its true ...

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