The Root

We Still Need the Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the monumental achievements of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency, was designed to not only eliminate voting barriers for African Americans, but also to ...
The Atlantic

John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. In 1982, when the Voting Rights Act was up for reauthorization, the Reagan Justice Department had a goal: ...
The New York Times

Could the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Decision Affect the Midterms?

A looming Supreme Court decision on a critical provision of the Voting Rights Act could shift the long-term balance of power in the House toward Republicans. But how significantly it could affect this ...
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With voting rights under attack, racial gerrymandering reappears

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Bernadette Reyes is a senior staff attorney for the UCLA Voting Rights Project and has ...
The New York Times

Martin Luther King’s Son to the Supreme Court: Preserve Our Democracy

Mr. King is chair of the Drum Major Institute and the son of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mr. Ornstein is a retired scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. The future of the Voting Rights ...