The bills create a state voting rights act that prohibits state agencies or local governments from infringing on citizens' ...

Michigan Senate Democrats on Tuesday celebrated the passage of a state-focused Voting Rights Act, although the legislation now heads to the Republican-led House of Representatives, which is unlikely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With Congress’ weakened ability to enforce the 15 th Amendment, post-Callais fights over voting rights may depend on additional ...

The ruling could have sweeping consequences for minority representation in government and the balance of power in Congress.

Republicans are rushing to redraw congressional districts to their advantage ahead of the midterm elections following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that weakened minority protections under the ...

For decades, the Supreme Court has steadily worked to transform the concept of discrimination based on race, from the civil-rights-era vision that the government has an obligation to remedy and ...

DETROIT, MI – Religious leaders gathered in Detroit Friday night to listen to a debate between the three Democratic candidates running to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate. Candidates Abdul ...

After disrupting a congressional map vote, Angie Nixon is making her case for the Senate ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Donald Trump’s push to reshape congressional districts ahead of the November elections suffered a double setback Tuesday, as South Carolina senators declined to do so and a ...