If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is gutted, states will have freedom to draw maps that dilute the power of communities ...

Questions asked during a Supreme Court hearing last week suggest change is coming, but the extent seems to hinge on the ...

Black lawmakers and voting rights advocates are expressing concern about a potential decline in minority political ...

Court-ordered changes in redistricting policy is part of a conservative movement to roll back civil rights legislation create ...

Thompson, first elected to the U.S. House in 1993, is Mississippi’s lone Black congressman. He has been the only Democrat in ...

A battle over Louisiana's congressional map led to the racially and politically charged case. Could it impact the Voting ...

The justices have shown a willingness to chip away at the landmark civil rights legislation. A Louisiana case could unravel ...

The Supreme Court will convene on Wednesday to hear a legal battle over Louisiana's congressional map that could reverberate ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority appeared open to weakening the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a way ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether Louisiana's intentional creation of a second majority-Black district violates ...

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is the primary way plaintiffs can challenge racially discriminatory election practices ...

In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the justices grappled with whether there should be a time limit on using race as a ...