The Voting Rights Act of 1965 tackled voter suppression in the United States. While it significantly increased the ...

Hattiesburg could possibly get a new legislator once Mississippi lawmakers redraw district lines after a federal court ...

They came toward us. Beating us with nightsticks, trampled by horses, releasing the tear gas. I thought I was gonna die on ...

The push to divide the school district comes from trustees elected entirely from one part of it, a flaw of at-large voting. | Opinion ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares believes Virginia Beach can bring back several council seats that ...

Burroughs, the daughter of former slaves, established her own school in Washington, D.C. in 1909, helping to forge new career ...

Reshma is one of 186 Pakistani Hindu refugees who exercised their voting right for the first time in Delhi polls, marking a ...

What is to be done? A reform agenda designed to address this new form of oligarchy could make some incremental improvements.

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

The Wyoming Legislature considered two different bills on Wednesday that take new approaches in trying to ban abortions. The ...

The Kansas House of Representatives has passed a citizen-only voting amendment. The Kansas House of Representatives passed ...