Bazemore was represented by attorney James Walker Jr., a native of Ahoskie, one of the first Black graduates of UNC-Chapel ...

I read an article in the NY Times about Preston Damsky, a student at the University of Florida Levin College of Law (my alma ...

Laws restricting non-citizens from voting already exist, posing the question of what  the goal of the SAVE Act truly is?

The conservative Supreme Court has allowed states to ban transgender care for minors — a blockbuster decision that could have ...

Letter writers address No Kings protest during Market Square Day, seek gift card refunds, decry political violence and more.

Washington, D.C.-area high school students protest outside the Supreme Court in November 2017. (Susan Walsh / AP Photo) This ...

Juneteenth became a time for both reflection and celebration, blending solemn remembrance with joyous expressions of culture and resilience. Activities often include community gatherings, historical ...

California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber launched her 2026 re-election campaign at a San Diego event, where she discussed the importance of civic education and engagement, and announced a ...

The Voting Rights Act cleared the chamber by a 77-17 vote on May 26, 1965. The bill faced similar scrutiny in the House of Representatives, where some felt it did not go far enough against ...

In North Dakota as elsewhere, Native voters face a triple threat: judges targeting the VRA, Trump officials hostile to ...

Professor Emerita Rosalee Martin has written a candid book about the modern history of HBCU Huston-Tillotson University in ...

But my fundamental premise is that before the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which I think is the most important piece of legislation ever passed in American history, this was functionally an apartheid ...