The GOP, facing demographic headwinds, is rewriting laws to maintain its viability.

There are reasons to celebrate, but there's still work to be done in areas such as pay equality, reproductive rights, voting rights and personal safety.

The soul-searching that the country is going through in the wake of the turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri, echoes that of our past.

To mark the 49th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, civil rights advocates are asking members of Congress to strengthen the law’s core protection.

Last week, a federal judge denied a preliminary injunction to block key provisions of the state’s new voting law, widely described as the most onerous in the country.

For the first time in nearly 50 years, Americans will go to the polls without a key protection under the Voting Rights Act. Congress must act to ensure every citizen can freely cast a ballot.

How armies of lawyers are now fighting to preserve the Voting Rights Act, which turned 49 this week.

On the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, advocates continue to push a bill to restore a key Voting Rights Act protection. Their latest target is Thad Cochran.

The state's recent election-law overhaul stripped away more than a decade’s worth of reforms that had dramatically increased ballot access for African-Americans.

We must remember the courage of the people of Mississippi and other Jim Crow states and that the civil rights movement was an endeavor of white and black bonding.