Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark legislation becoming law. Those at the epicenter of the fight for voting ...

For decades, the Voting Rights Act has provided a path by which Black voters are guaranteed representation, through the ...

While the Voting Rights Act may be heading to its demise as a functional piece of legislation, it can still stand as a symbol ...

Growing up, The Wild, Wild West was one of my favorite shows. I always turned it on after coming home from school — it was ...

Republican-backed funding cuts go way beyond NPR and PBS. Radio and TV stations from Alaska to the Allegheny Mountains may ...

Come 2028, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy might be a very lucky man. In the presidential primary era, four non-incumbent Democratic nominees became president: Jimmy Carter (1976), Bill Clinton ...

Gov. JB Pritzker in Springfield on Aug. 6 called the Texas House Democrats who fled the state for Illinois to thwart a Republican quorum to vote on a controversial congressional redistricting plan ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -August 6th, 1965 symbolizes a significant turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. That was day President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the voting rights act into law securing ...

On Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA), one of the most consequential victories in ...

Democrats and Republicans alike are talking a big game about the quorum break and its consequences while awaiting the most ...