Virginia's Nonviolent Felons Get Voting Rights Victory
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell signed an executive order to restore voting to people who have served t...
Civil Rights Groups Say Assault on Voting Continues in 2013
Nearly two dozen states are considering new voter identification requirements that advocates say wi...
On Democracy: Silencing the Rising American Electorate
Without immediate action to protect voting rights, America faces a future in which voter suppressio...
Senate Republicans Seem Open to Weakening Voting Rights Act
Some Republican senators believe that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is no longer needed and ce...
Voting Rights to Get Its Day in the Supreme Court
Supreme Court justices will hear arguments challenging the requirement that some states must get Ju...
Supreme Court Voting Rights Review Creates Concern
Black elected officials and others express concern about the Supreme Court's decision to review par...
Commentary: The Republicans’ Sad Odyssey With Black Voting Rights
Republicans have sought to assault minority voting rights through a wave of identification laws....
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Voting Rights Case
The United States Supreme Court said it will review the constitutionality of a landmark portion of ...
Report Denounces Zimbabwean Security Forces Ahead of Elections
The international non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch has released a report calling fo...
Greek Right Pressured on Racism Law
Greece's conservative government is facing growing pressure to support an anti-racism bill — aimed ...
Civil rights Leader Lawrence Guyot Dies at 73
Lawrence Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960...
NAACP Convention to Tackle New Voting Laws
This year's NAACP national convention is focusing on voter participation and the civil rights organ...
Florida Challenges Voting Rights Act Provision
Secretary of State Kurt Browning says that requiring preclearance from the Justice Department for n...
Civil Rights Advocates Object as Tougher Voting Laws Set to Take Effect Jan. 1
The new year will ring in four more states with tougher new voting laws. But Texas may find its new...
Commentary: Stand Up for Our Voting Rights
U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel urges all Americans to fight new rules that make it more difficult for som...
Civil Rights Leaders to March to Protect Voting Rights
On Saturday morning, in an effort initiated by the NAACP and in conjunction with over 150 civil rig...
2 Chainz Named Spokesman for 2012 "Respect My Vote!" Campaign
The rapper will educate young voters on ex-felon voting rights....
Brendon Ayanbadejo Approves of Maryland's Gay Marriage Vote
Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo approves of Maryland's gay marriage vote....
Commentary: New Hampshire Speaker Seeks to Disenfranchise Students
It seems that once again, the radical right-wing elements of the Republican Party are attempting to...
Respect My Vote: The Hip Hop Caucus Merges Community and Politics
Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr. builds hip hop's voting power....
