Voting Rights Act
House bill restores enforcement strength to Voting Rights Act
December 11, 2019Trump’s people advising him to squash congressional attempt to restore protections gutted by conservative Supreme Court.
Read moreVoting Rights Act of 1965 may have to be passed again
February 19, 2019The Voting Rights Act produced an enormous change for both African-Americans and U.S. politics.
Read moreHundreds of arrests nationwide as Poor People’s Campaign intensifies
May 22, 2018Advocates flood 35 state capitals demanding restoration of Voting Rights Act.
Read moreIndigenous votes matter
March 8, 2018“If we don’t uphold the Voting Rights Act, we are denying constitutional rights for Indigenous persons to be counted."
Read moreWith federal monitors gone, November 8 could be “open season on voters”
October 14, 2016The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, thus limiting the Justice Department’s authority to monitor elections.
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