The plaintiffs in the case, including Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, a historically Black fraternity active in civil rights causes, claimed the enacted maps diminished Black voting power by failing to ...

The state of Georgia is seeking another Supreme Court showdown over the Voting Rights Act. The state asked a federal appeals court to interpret the 1965 law in a way that could make it much harder to ...

The congressman comes to Washington representing a district created by a court order to give Alabama's black voters more just representation.

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength ...

The battle over Jefferson County's 2021 redistricting maps heads to court this week with plaintiffs arguing the map violates ...

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals wrestled with the role of race in Georgia redistricting in a case over the protections of the Voting Rights Act.

The new lawmaking sessions open after a campaign year in which Republicans leaned on messaging that tapped into fears about ...

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President Donald Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and the Alaska mountain Denali to Mount McKinley. What you need to know.

Leading a cohort of next-generation Southern leaders in both parties, Carter grafted the region back on the national map by repudiating Jim Crow, firmly and finally extinguishing George Wallace as a ...