Today’s fight to vote does not yet call on us to show the physical bravery displayed by the heroes on the Edmund Pettus ...
"The right of all eligible citizens to vote is the central pillar of our ... In October 2021, Biden described the law as "Jim Crow in the 21st Century" and later repeated that claim by calling ...
From racial terror to literacy tests to modern-day voter suppression, efforts to silence Black political power have never stopped.
The xenophobic, bigoted, and cruel policies of the Trump administration are bringing back traumatic memories of American ...
Jim Crow was not the problem. Jim Crow was meant to be the solution. The problem was Rutherford B. Hayes winning the electoral college but losing the popular vote in 1876. To get over the hump ...
Thousands gathered in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and advocate for voting rights.
Black leaders grapple with progress being undone by a series of court rulings, state laws, and Donald Trump's targeting of ...
Montgomery march galvanized this nation to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965. But 60 years later, voter suppression endures.
A protest against Jim Crow restrictions on voting in 1964. This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest ...