NILES, Ohio (New York Times) — Just weeks before elections that will decide control of the Senate and crucial governors’ races, a cascade of court rulings...
PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday began reviewing tough new Texas voter ID rules challenged by the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) –Despite major advances to access to the ballot box nearly 50 years after the passage of Voting...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The purpose of the law is simple…those who are equal before God shall now also be equal in the polling...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – One year after the United States Supreme Court gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court tossed out a judge’s ruling striking down the state’s voter ID law on Wednesday, but stopped...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After suffering a major setback last year in the Supreme Court, voting rights advocates are buoyed...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after hailing the Civil Rights Act as a lasting legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency, President Barack...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, Texas (NNPA) – With civil rights legends Andrew Young, John Lewis, Julian Bond and Jesse Jackson looking on, President...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief AUSTIN, TEXAS (NNPA) – Former President Bill Clinton praised President Lyndon B. Johnson for signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act...
JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton used the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act to criticize efforts in several...
By Kara Brandeisky Special to the NNPA from ProPublica When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act last June,...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the American electorate becomes more diverse, new voting laws threaten to disenfranchise young Black and Latino...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When lawmakers ratified the 15th Amendment in 1870, protecting voting rights for Blacks, opponents of the law...
By Joe Madison NNPA Guest Columnist There was a lot of talk around the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington last week that Dr. Martin...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist If you’re looking for the justice on the Supreme Court who mirrors Thurgood Marshall’s tenure on the bench, it is...
By Sherrilyn A. Ifill NNPA Guest Columnist The Voting Rights Act has been described as the “crown jewel” of civil rights legislation. Its passage was secured...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist It’s no coincidence that in the next few weeks the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist “I risked my life defending that right. If we are ever to actualize the true meaning of equality, effective measures such...
Gary Bledsoe NNPA Guest Columnist Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson NNPA Guest Columnist The two of us sat in utter shock and disbelief as an...
National Black Chamber of Commerce Opposes Law By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNAP) – After hearing oral arguments earlier on whether an affirmative action...
