A sweeping ruling Wednesday by the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to reshape redistricting battles in Maryland and across the country, narrowing how courts apply a key provision of the Voting Rights Act ...
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. cautiously praised the hard-won Voting Rights Act of 1965 as a “great step forward” toward removing obstacles that kept Black Americans from voting. It was. But this ...
Southern states are racing to redraw political boundaries that eliminate majority-Black districts after the Supreme Court gutted critical protections in the Voting Rights Act against racial ...