This is the final video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund. This is the final video in the “State Voting ...
Americans are increasingly living in a nation divided, where how easy it is to vote depends on where they happen to live. We ...
This is the fifth video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund. This is the fifth video in the “State Voting ...
As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, the fragility of our rights and democracy is clear, but if ever there was a time to do both defense and offense, that time is now. An untrue hierarchy of human value ...
NCBCP President & CEO Melanie L. Campbell releases this statement on the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act: On Aug. 6, 2025 we pause to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the historic Voting ...
A battle over Louisiana's congressional map led to the racially and politically charged case. Could it impact the Voting Rights Act?
A mistake Rynn Young made decades ago, when he was just a teenager, cost him the right to vote. Twenty-one years after his drug possession conviction, he got his ballot back when newly elected ...
WASHINGTON ‒ On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil right lawyers and scholars warn those rights are in danger again. The ...
Carroll and fellow analyst Alton Dillard recently told Colorado Matters Host Chandra Thomas Whitfield in a panel discussion ...
As the Supreme Court revisits the Voting Rights Act, we remember that the journey to that decision was long and hard. Black Americans labored tirelessly for civil rights, including the right to vote—a ...
The proposal aims to simplify restoring voting rights for formerly incarcerated individuals, addressing gaps in education and ...
We fought in the 1960s with our bodies for civil rights. Every southern state restricted those rights using various means.
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