Money talks. But not necessarily as loudly as voters.

A sit-in by the civil-rights icon on the floor of the House of Representatives is a powerful statement against gun violence.

"We can no longer wait. We can no longer be patient. So today we come to the well of the House to dramatize the need for action. "

The civil rights leader helped pass the Voting Rights Act and fought for voting rights over five decades.

It is true that the South is beleaguered, but that only means we must do more to lift up those who are reshaping it.

Two years ago, the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Senator Patrick Leahy and Congressman John Lewis have a plan to fix that.

The Nation's Ari Berman writes that racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.

On the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," activists gathered in Marion, Alabama, to honor and commemorate those who died fighting for equality and justice.

When Martin Luther King Jr. died he was in the midst of planning a campaign to help the poor. "It is criminal to have people working on a full-time basis and a full-time job getting part-time income," King said.

Holder generated a lot of controversy, but his defense of voting rights deserves to be remembered as one of the most consequential aspects of his tenure as the nation’s top law enforcement official.