Statement from Michael Slater on Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Monitors in Texas and Attorney General Abbott’s response:... Read more
Voting rights is the latest subject to be examined in the magazine Human Rights, a publication of the American Bar... Read more
This week, we celebrated the 47th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, often called the “crown jewel”... Read more
Forty-seven years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. The passage of this law marked... Read more
The civil rights movement lost a hero yesterday: Nicholas Katzenbach, whom I was privileged to know for over 20 years.... Read more
Claiming that the Obama Administration is “hostile” toward voter ID laws, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot is suing for approval... Read more
Over the holiday, the Department of Justice came to a decision on whether to approve South Carolina‘s photo voter ID... Read more
Today, a D.C. federal court rejected a challenge to an integral part of the Voting Rights Act that protects minorities’... Read more
Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the partisan assault on voting rights, the likes of which we have not seen... Read more
Tomorrow night, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will hold a timely speech to address voting rights at the Lyndon Baines... Read more