The Supreme Court preserved federal voting rights protections in Alabama that many thought would be further gutted by this conservative…
The past week has telescoped America’s history of racism and genocide in the intensest of ways, highlighting too that it’s…
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released a glowing statement praising the late John Lewis as he blocks the restoration of the Voting…
Remember in 2016 when an armed Oregon militia group, led by Ammon and Ryan Bundy, occupied the Malheur National Wildlife…
The incoming chairman of the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings, has his sights set on…
"Republican lawmakers rushed the voter ID law without the usual committee analysis and debate... to provide an Anglo partisan advantage."
The Supreme Court struck down key parts of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, saying it wasn’t necessary anymore in 2013.…
A bad day for Chris Christie has gotten even worse as the New Jersey Governor has been reported to the…
Hillary Clinton isn't settling for restoring the Voting Rights Act. The Democratic nominee has a plan to automatically and universally…
Despite the Civil Rights Movement, racism is as rampant in America as it was when Dr. King marched and revealed…
In a letter to the editor, President Obama made a powerful case for restoring the protections contained in the Voting…
At a rally to mark the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Sen. Bernie Sanders called out the "political…
When asked about the Voting Rights Act on Face The Nation, Sen. Mitch McConnell's message to minority voters was that…
One group that was glaringly absent from Selma on Saturday was any substantial representation of racist Republicans; most notably Republican…
It is not enough simply to remember Selma. The courageous men and women on the Edmund Pettus Bridge could not…
It should be no surprise by this time, but whenever present-day Republicans point a finger and cry "foul," you can…
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday is a St. Louis federal court in which it claims the…
On Friday, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) held a news conference where he called on his colleagues to restore the gutted…
In a 2-1 decision, the Federal Appeals Court for the Fourth Circuit granted a temporary injunction to restore same day…
The Supreme Court's anti-democracy wing; Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Kennedy issued an announcement that their decision was not on…
In a ruling on attorney's fees related to a redistricting case, a Federal Court Judge dealt Texas Attorney General Greg…
Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) is on the record saying he wants to fix the pre-clearance formula by the end of this…
The American people are not stupid, and can't be tricked by Republicans carrying plates of cookies into giving up their…
Republicans see threat to white privilege in Eric Holder's announced plans to make Texas obtain federal approval for changes to…
Today the Senate Judiciary Committee held their first hearing on the post-Supreme Court gutted Voting Rights Act. Only two Republicans…
What the conservative court accomplished besides handing ALEC the right to restrict minority voters in the South is effectively abolishing…
This ruling gives us a lesson in political reality. Republican governors and Republican controlled state legislatures will suppress the vote.…
Sen. Bernie Sanders bluntly blasted the Supreme Court for taking the country back to Jim Crow era voting rights.
The arrogant activist conservative Supreme Court majority demolished your right to vote today, and it now it is time to…
Jon Stewart used the behavior of Republicans in 2012 to explain why the Voting Rights Act should be expanded, and…
One never imagined Scalia would openly declare his racism and disdain for the most basic of rights in an open…
In reality the future of the Voting Rights Act depends on whether Justice Kennedy places a higher priority on states'…
The SCOTUS will hear arguments Shelby County Alabama v. Holder on Wednesday. The facts of 2012 alone should make this…
Republicans say the Florida law that cut early voting was an intentional tactic to hand Florida to the GOP by…
The state of Texas is suing the federal government because they believe they have the right to disenfranchise millions of…
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