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Oct. 14, 2025 - Supreme Court arguments on the future of the Voting Rights Act

Sketch artist Dana Verkouteren was in court for today’s oral arguments on the Voting Rights Act. See her sketches here: The Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled deep skepticism today over a ... Read More

Parties Brace for a Political Future Without the Voting Rights Act

After the Supreme Court appeared poised to weaken a key provision of the landmark civil rights law, both parties began to reckon with an uncertain future. By Nick Corasaniti Nick Corasaniti has ... Read More

After Voting Rights Act case arguments, concerns over diminished minority representation rise

WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, the faces of American politics have grown more diverse by nearly every measure, especially as racial minority communities gained political representation after longtime ... Read More

The GOP’s decadeslong project to dismantle the Voting Rights Act is nearly realized

Gutting the civil rights law has been a long game, and its opponents have long found a champion in Chief Justice John Roberts. Read More

U.S. Supreme Court case from Louisiana likely to reshape Voting Rights Act, legal experts say

WASHINGTON — Thinking about how the U.S. Supreme Court will handle the Louisiana case that could reshape the Voting Rights Act, the crowning legislative achievement of the civil rights era, Southern ... Read More