Courts have recognized a “private right of action” in the Voting Rights Act since the law’s inception. In 1966, a dispute ...

1968— The United States Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in the sale and rental of housing. The deci­sion came in a case known as Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. The court used as its precedent ...

American Samoa is the only U.S. territory where residents are not automatically granted citizenship by virtue of having been born on American soil.

According to a release from Tong’s office, the VRA was launched in 1965 to ensure that Americans’ voting rights would not be denied or restricted due to race.

The appointed trustees on the Clark County School Board will have voting rights starting in 2027, thanks to a sweeping bill passed in the Nevada Legislature. VIEW E-EDITION 25¢ for 3 mos ...

In a majority opinion, the panel wrote that the language of the Voting Rights Act indicates that Congress didn’t intend for citizens to file race discrimination claims through Section 1983.

Marchers, musicians and dancers celebrated along a route in southeastern Lancaster city on Saturday, part of the Central Pennsylvania African American Cultural Parade. The event was one of the ...

New Orleans celebrated the repatriation and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century.

Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice Department to Advance His Voter Suppression Plans The DOJ’s new lawsuit against North Carolina is a troubling sign of what’s to come.

The Eighth Circuit’s decision is wrong on the law, wrong on the history, and wrong morally. It must be overturned. Congress, meanwhile, should re-assert its leadership against voting discrimination ...