Federal judges will weigh a request to bring Alabama back under the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act after ruling the state intentionally diluted the voting strength of Black ...

Known nationally for his opposition to desegregation and federal civil rights mandates, Wallace used Wisconsin as a political ...

Thousands in US plan 'Free America' protests on Independence Day. Women's March leads rallies, vigils against Trump's ...

The 74 reports that the microschool movement is growing, with median sizes rising from 16 to 22 students, serving 750,000 U.S ...

Women's March is urging people to join or host block parties, marches and other events over the holiday weekend.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday put off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall.

A three-judge panel on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama had ruled twice against the state and did so again with its recent ruling.

The judges said that the map drawn by the Alabama Legislature in 2023 violated the Voting Rights Act, just like the one previously drawn by the state.

Black voters and civil rights groups sued over Alabama’s congressional map. Black residents account for about 27% of the state’s population but were the majority in just one of the state’s seven ...

Whether Alabama’s congressional districts violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because they discriminate against Black voters. We succeeded in winning a new map for 2024 elections which, for the ...

Two majority Black cities in Alabama now have Black representation in Congress because of court-ordered redistricting. The progress comes as President Trump pulls back federal diversity initiatives.