Wednesday will mark the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark piece of legislation that was signed ...

It is time for the United States to uphold the words of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution: all Americans are equal and have the constitutional right to be treated equally. Discrimination against ...

At the governor’s mansion Monday evening, about 100 Texans hastily gathered to cheer for quorum-busting statehouse Democrats ...

Halfway between the 2020 and 2030 census is not the normal time to be talking about redistricting, or gerrymandering, but the issue has nonetheless taken over the political conversation.

That is precisely what the Supreme Court did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: The ...

On Monday, as part of “Closer Look’s” week-long special programming examining implications of the Voting Rights Act, host ...

Apportionment has long been the subject of intense political maneuvering in Texas. Texas House members look at the voting ...

Members of the Texas Department of Public Safety inside the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, US, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who ...

The Henry Ford, which includes the Museum of Innovation and Greenfield Village, acquired the Jackson house in 2023. It was owned by Dr. Sullivan Jackson and Mrs. Ritchie Jean Sherrod Jackson and was ...

The Supreme Court will rehear arguments about the Louisiana congressional map, which could have wider ramifications for other states’ maps as mid-decade redistricting is thrust into the spotlight. The ...

About 200 new laws that Colorado lawmakers passed this year go into effect August 6, ranging from comprehensive updates to ...

The justices may limit the ability of courts to take race into account when trying to remedy under-representation by minority ...