As a teen raised in the Rust Belt in the 1960s, Alan Cashaw wasn’t blind to the fact that racism existed. But he also knew ...

She was attacked by mounted police officers on "Bloody Sunday" in Selma. Her efforts, along with "Bloody Sunday," were significant in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

In honor of Black History Month, 16 WAPT News is recognizing important figures in Mississippi's history, including Medgar ...

We need a Voting Rights Act for the 21st century, one that goes beyond the anti-discrimination focus of the 15th Amendment and fulfills the broader promise of equal citizenship promised by the ...

The bill would make it harder for women, people of color, young voters, and other marginalized groups to register to vote.

After the Supreme Court weakened a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, voting discrimination cases are not just harder to ...

Call me naive, but I’ve never quite gotten why some politicians want to limit voters’ ability to cast their ballots. Sure, I know that plenty of people like to flip the classic ...

Alabama's congressional map is the subject of a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state has to keep a new court ...

The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act is back in the headlines amid attempts to keep noncitizens from registering to vote, but the impacts to voting rights could be impact married ...

RICHMOND — The Virginia Senate passed three resolutions Tuesday to enshrine abortion rights, same-sex marriage and the automatic restoration of felon voting rights in the Virginia Constitution ...