voting rights
RAPID RESPONSE: Expand and restore voting rights
October 20, 2025Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act now to protect equal access for all voters.
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Supreme Court set to tear up entire Voting Rights Act
October 16, 2025If they rule before the midterms, Jim Crow could be the rule again in the old South, with almost all Black or non-white members of Congress losing their seats.
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Justices may ditch last remaining piece of Voting Rights Act
October 14, 2025If they do the main legislative accomplishment of the civil rights era will be struck down
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Urban League says Black America—and U.S. democracy—faces state of emergency
August 14, 2025Members of the venerable civil rights organization emerged from their conference with a battle plan to stop the Trump administration.
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Trump plan to end free elections in 2026 and 2028 revealed
August 4, 2025Brennan Center report lays out detailed schemes that would end elections as we know them in the U.S.
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