In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down a Trump executive order that would’ve placed restrictions on birthright citizenship.
Mississippi Republicans filed a lawsuit over a law allowing a grace period for mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day.
The Texas Board of Education approved a reading list that will require all of the state’s schools to teach several passages from the Bible.
Supreme Court rulings limit religious, voting rights for minorities, with concerns over enforcement and impact
At a certain point, you’d think the Missouri state legislature would take the hint, but nope, the state attorney general intends to appeal the ruling.
From Reconstruction to affirmative action, gains for Black Americans have a history of triggering efforts to repeal them.
The Georgia state legislature was set to convene on Wednesday for a special session focused on redistricting, called by Gov. Brian Kemp.
Congress has to restore and modernize the Voting Rights Act with protections responsive to contemporary suppression tactics.
Former Nets player Derrick Coleman will still be inducted into the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame despite not attending the ceremony.
After Calvin Duncan was elected to be Orleans Parish clerk of criminal court, Louisiana’s state legislature hastily moved to eliminate the office.
Black youth are being placed at the center of a civil rights fight, and their bodies, choices, futures, and labor are being asked to carry the moral weight of a nation’s failure.
The South Carolina House passed a new map eliminating the district held by Rep. James Clyburn, but the map failed twice in the state Senate.