More than 150 years after the end of slavery, very little is known about who is buried at the segregated gravesite— but the leader of the Collier County NAACP said that may soon change.

Section two of the Voting Rights Act allows plaintiffs to sue states for drawing districts that dilute the power of minority ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday afternoon cleared the way for California to use a new congressional map intended to give ...

Seven states continue to tinker with congressional maps for partisan advantage in the 2026 elections after the Supreme Court ...

The Supreme Court has allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to Democrats in this ...

Also, hundreds of federal agents are set to withdraw from Minneapolis. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

The United States Department of Justice opened an investigation into the Baltimore City Health Department, the agency ...

The map, which voters approved last year, could allow Democrats to gain up to five House seats in this year's midterm ...

Rosa Parks' birth, Yalta Conference shaping post-WWII Europe, Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, and pivotal civil rights ...

American democracy is in real trouble, but history, law, social science, and global politics all suggest that rights can be ...

The Durham Museum to open a new exhibition on "The Negro Motorist Green Book," highlighting how it helped Black travelers find welcoming businesses during the Jim Crow era.

California's most devastating wildfire—the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 and destroyed nearly 19,000 structures—forced ...