Voting Rights Act

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.

Last-minute redistricting in Southern states has caused confusion and disenfranchisement for candidates and voters, with racial gerrymandering a major issue.

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.

Apparently, Alabama’s proposed congressional map is so racist it even meets the high bar set after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. 

While speaking at an American Law Institute conference, Brown said that the Voting Rights Act ruling only hurts trust in the Supreme Court.

In this week’s Le[e]gal Brief, attorney Lee Merritt outlines what can be done to protect Black voting rights after the Callais decision.

Recent regressions in law and policy are attempting to cement us to a reality where only wealthy, white men have a voice, a vote, or access to political power.