
On Tuesday, the Democratic governor of Kentucky, sucker-punching the largely GOP state one last time before he leaves office, issued an executive order granting the right to vote to roughly 140,000 nonviolent felons whose sentences have been completed.
by William Bigelow24 Nov 2015, 8:43 PM PST0

The state of Texas has asked the Supreme Court of the United States to set aside the $1 million plus in attorney’s fees awarded to the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, the Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force, the Texas State Conference of Branches of the NAACP, former state senator Wendy Davis, and others, who challenged Texas’ redistricting maps.
by Lana Shadwick23 Oct 2015, 10:44 AM PST0

In his weekly address posted on Saturday, President Barack Obama observed the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and insisted that Congress has more work to do in protecting everyone’s “access” to the polls. Transcript as follows: Hi, everybody.
by Jeff Poor8 Aug 2015, 9:33 AM PST0

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged people to fight “efforts to disempower and disenfranchise people of color, and poor people, and young people” on Thursday’s broadcast of “Keeping It Real with Al Sharpton.” Hillary stated, “There is doubt that the
by Ian Hanchett6 Aug 2015, 1:26 PM PST0

Attorney General Eric Holder’s remarks in Selma, AL, “echoed”—according to a report by The Hill—Obama’s comments on Saturday that “the march is not yet over.”
by Dan Riehl8 Mar 2015, 6:46 PM PST0

The Bloody Sunday 50th anniversary commemoration continued Sunday with gatherings and other events in Selma before a group retraces the steps that helped secure equal voting rights 50 years ago.
by Breitbart News8 Mar 2015, 7:52 AM PST0

President Obama urged Congress to “restore” the Voting Rights Act during his remarks recounting the history of the Civil Rights Era and discussing the history of the US and its present state in Selma, Alabama on Saturday marking the 50th
by Ian Hanchett7 Mar 2015, 1:26 PM PST0

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that those who thought the legacy of past racism has been solved were “blind” and criticized Congress for its lack of work on civil rights and bipartisanship while expressing a wish that “we
by Ian Hanchett16 Feb 2015, 6:59 PM PST0