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Voting Rights Act of 1965

Forget Voter ID; We Need a Voter IQ Law

Randy Turner | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics
Randy Turner

Our politicians have been able to convince the voting public that ideas that are clearly not in the public's best interest are the only things protecting them from Armageddon.

Supremely Fallacious

Jim Worth | Posted 05.11.2013 | Politics
Jim Worth

While the entire nation fights to retain their democratic rights the Supreme Court wastes time hearing a plea from Alabama, a state that has spent years trying to subvert the vote and supplant democracy.

Ryan Grim

GOP Open To Gutting Voting Rights Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.06.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argued last week that the court may need to reject the key element of the Voting Rights Act because...

Remembering the Voting Rights Act

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.04.2013 | Politics
Murray Fromson

I find myself disgusted by the southerners and Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia who continue to nitpick at the legitimacy of the historic legislation that ensures African Americans the right to vote.

Alabama Says "Trust Us," I Say "No": Why the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Is More Necessary Than Ever

Mark Ridley-Thomas | Posted 02.27.2013 | Los Angeles
Mark Ridley-Thomas

The era of segregationist governors standing publicly against integration may be long past. But as recent court cases show, less violent and more subtle efforts to thwart the will of voters are alive and well today and constitute a fundamental threat to democracy.

The Supreme Court's War on the Twentieth Century

Bruce Ackerman | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics
Bruce Ackerman

Perhaps the Chief Justice, or one of his fellow conservatives, will execute statesmanlike swerves in upcoming cases. But if not, a runaway Roberts Court will intensify the institutional stand-offs and unnecessary crises that are undermining the confidence of ordinary Americans in their government.

Black Church Leaders In Florida Look To Circumvent Shortened Early Voting Days

Daniel Simon | Posted 12.29.2012 | Politics
Daniel Simon

With seven days left before election day, some black churches in Florida are pushing their congregations to get to the polls in a last ditch effort to...

Waving the White Flag

Annie Leonard | Posted 11.25.2012 | Politics
Annie Leonard

"My vote can't make a difference. All politicians are the same. Sitting it out is better than voting for the lesser of two evils." No, no and no. Think about it.

Republicans' Voter ID Assault on Thomas Jefferson: Why Constitution Day Matters

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 11.17.2012 | Politics
Rep. Mike Honda

As we celebrate this Constitution Day, we must be educating our citizens instead of road-blocking citizenship rights for which thousands have fought and died.

Embattled GOP Candidate Says States Should Control Voting Rights

The Huffington Post | Gene Demby | Posted 08.20.2012 | Black Voices

Rep. Todd Akin's (R-Mo.) gaffe about "legitimate rape" and abortion on Sunday overshadowed other comments the Senate hopeful made about state and fede...

U.S. Voting Rights Under Siege

Judith Browne Dianis | Posted 10.09.2012 | Black Voices
Judith Browne Dianis

As we reflect on the strides made 47 years ago, we remind our fellow citizens that each victory is taken, not given. And as we confront the modern-day era of voter suppression, it's time that we all start protecting the free, fair and accessible vote that defines the greatness of our nation.

Voting Rights Act: Remember, Celebrate and Protect

Elisabeth MacNamara | Posted 10.06.2012 | Politics
Elisabeth MacNamara

Forty-seven years ago this week, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the historic Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law to prevent voter discrimination. But as we have seen, the law is not just history; it remains vital today to ensuring that every American can cast a ballot and have it counted.

Gene Demby

Texas GOP: Repeal The Voting Rights Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Gene Demby | Posted 06.27.2012 | Black Voices

The Texas Republican Party has released its official platform for 2012, and the repeal of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of its central...

The American Promise: The Right to Vote

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.09.2012 | Politics
Marian Wright Edelman

Right now many states are attempting to put new voting restrictions in place that parallel all the old tricks and turn back the clock on civil rights to the days when voting was used as a tool for political control and exclusion.

What Would Dr. King Say?

Todd Brewster | Posted 03.18.2012 | Politics
Todd Brewster

Of course, the question that many Texas legislators have is, why can't the federal government just let Texas be Texas? Why must it "parent" their state on decisions like these when it doesn't do the same to Vermont or New Jersey?

Why This Is A Night To Remember

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Sandy Goodman

The dramatic drive to move forward as a nation enables a black man to be chosen tonight as one of the two major party candidates for president, something unthinkable less than half a century ago.