On Monday, as part of “Closer Look’s” week-long special programming examining implications of the Voting Rights Act, host ...

The justices may limit the ability of courts to take race into account when trying to remedy under-representation by minority ...

The Supreme Court will hear a case over the creation of minority-majority congressional districts under the Voting Rights Act as states weigh redistricting.

Trump kicked off a nationwide race to redraw congressional districts that could determine the balance of power in Congress ...

Senators Wyden and Merkley join efforts to reintroduce the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, aiming to restore and ...

A war over redistricting has broken out in Texas, with California, New York and elsewhere considering Democratic partisan gerrymanders to negate Republicans' hardball.

A group of Baton Rouge judges wants a federal court to reopen a 1986 voting rights case, arguing a new 19th JDC election map ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s request to the parties in a Louisiana redistricting case could affect Alabama’s similar, long-running battle over congressional boundaries. In an order issued Friday, the ...

On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin joins Texas Democrats and Illinois Governor JB Pritz ...

The court fight could result in yet another congressional map for Louisiana and change the rules for redistricting nationwide ...