Audience members waved “Democracy over Developers” signs, and a councilman said Black citizens were being ignored. But as expected, the mayor’s rule-relaxing, density-promoting legislation passed.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has several avenues at its disposal as it appears poised to limit a central ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority Wednesday appeared inclined to neuter the last remaining major provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The justices heard oral arguments in Louisiana v.

This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais about the last remaining section of the Voting Rights Act, a civil-rights law designed to ensure that states could not get in ...

The Supreme Court appears ready to overturn the last remaining provision of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark civil rights law designed to dismantle Jim Crow-era policies that disenfranchised Black ...

The President Does Not Feature At All’ In a ruling Friday, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of D.C. permanently ...

Oct. 20 (UPI) --The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing a decision in the case Louisiana vs. Callais that may guide how the Voting Rights Act is enforced. The high court heard rearguments last week in the ...

This act flows from a clear and simple wrong. Its only purpose is to right that wrong. Millions of Americans are denied the ...

As early voting begins for the Nov. 4 elections, I want to speak to those who feel their vote doesn't matter, who have tuned out or who have become ambivalent about their voting power. I know you've ...

The government shutdown is set to become the longest ever on Wednesday if Congress doesn't reach a deal before then.

As early voting begins for the Nov. 4 elections, I want to speak to those who feel their vote doesn't matter, who have tuned out or who have become ambivalent about their voting power. I know you've ...

Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing on a congressional redistricting dispute created an interesting and instructive juxtaposition with Helena Moreno’s election as mayor of New Orleans four days earlier.