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August 5, 2025, was the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act—a landmark piece of legislation that is under attack and deserves our protection.
In public appearances across Boston this week, the Texas Democrats warned that the GOP-led effort to effectively erase five currently majority-minority seats is a prelude to a nationwide fight over ...
It was August 6th, 1965, when president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, making it illegal to discriminate at ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, ...
DNC chair Ken Martin joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss Texas' redistricting effort as Gov. Abbott feuds with Democrats ...
Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark legislation becoming law. Those at the epicenter of the fight for voting ...
An arrest warrant was issued after Kenneth Glasgow filed a motion to halt the Dothan City Municipal Elections.
Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — a law aimed at ...
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...
Six decades later, as key protections erode and courts revisit core provisions, civil rights groups, legal experts and organizers are fighting to protect this essential pillar of democracy.
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and the Rev. Al Sharpton discuss the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.
Abbott called a special session of the legislature to adopt a new map unveiled last Wednesday, which redraws congressional ...