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Wisconsin judge rules that paper absentee ballots violate rights of certain disabled people
A judge has ruled that absentee voting in Wisconsin discriminates against disabled voters, siding with groups that are seeking to force elections officials to allow for electronic ballots
03:50 PM on 08/04/2026 ABC Politics US civil rights agency moves to end demographic data collection after 60 years
The Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency responsible for e...
02:51 PM on 07/21/2026 ABC Politics Some paid the ultimate price to enact voting rights. Their survivors see America turning backward
It's been six decades since the Voting Rights Act was enacted
09:54 AM on 07/11/2026 ABC Politics Trump pushes civil rights enforcement to the states
The shrinking of the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights means students’ ability to get help dealing with alleged violations may depend on which state they call home.
02:00 PM on 06/28/2026 Politico Top Stories Some paid the ultimate price to enact voting rights. Their survivors see America turning backward
It's been six decades since the Voting Rights Act was enacted
08:17 AM on 06/27/2026 ABC Politics Trump ramps up Education Department's dismantling with changes on special education and civil rights
President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies
02:20 AM on 06/17/2026 ABC Politics Trump's Education Department is backing away from addressing civil rights for Black students
Under the Trump administration, efforts to address deep-rooted inequities for students of color are being cast as discriminatory against white students
03:04 AM on 06/03/2026 ABC Politics Supreme Court sends closely watched Native American voting rights decision back to lower court
The Supreme Court has acted in a Voting Rights Act case brought by Native American tribes, saying a closely watched ruling needs to be reconsidered after the high court weakened the Civil Rights-era law
11:46 AM on 05/19/2026 ABC Politics NAACP calls for boycott of Southern college sports programs over voting rights
The NAACP is calling on Black athletes, alumni, fans and the general public to boycott the athletic programs of public universities in states that aim to redistrict longtime Black lawmakers
11:16 AM on 05/19/2026 ABC Politics Ketanji Brown Jackson says Supreme Court risks being seen as political after voting rights decision
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Monday that the Supreme Court risks being seen as political in the wake of a major voting rights decision
02:26 AM on 05/19/2026 ABC Politics In the birthplace of Civil rights Movement, groups rally to defend Black political representation
Thousands of people gathered in Montgomery, Alabama, to mobilize support for voting rights amid concerns about redistricting efforts
10:07 PM on 05/17/2026 ABC Politics Supreme Court voting rights ruling fuels a new push to defend Black representation
A new generation of civil rights leaders is rallying against efforts to dismantle the Voting Rights Act
02:22 AM on 05/15/2026 ABC Politics How the largest LGBTQ+ rights group is approaching the midterms and anti-trans attacks
Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson on its $15 million plan to help Democrats win the House, and push back on anti-trans political attacks.
04:00 AM on 05/15/2026 Politico Top Stories Tennessee Republicans pass new gerrymander following Supreme Court's Voting rights Act ruling
The map aims to give the GOP a clean sweep of the state’s nine congressional districts by fracturing Black-majority Memphis between three districts.
01:45 PM on 05/08/2026 Politico Top Stories US rights agency sues New York Times for discriminating against white man passed over for promotion
A federal civil rights agency filed a discrimination lawsuit Tuesday against the New York Times, claiming that the new organization passed over a white male employee for a promotion in favor of a lesser qualified woman to meet its diversity goals
11:49 PM on 05/06/2026 ABC Politics Black Americans face a new fight for racial representation after justices' Voting rights Act ruling
A generation of Black Americans across the South fought in courtrooms and in the streets during the Civil Rights Movement to dismantle barriers to voting
10:46 AM on 05/02/2026 ABC Politics Redistricting battle intensifies in states after Supreme Court ruling on Voting rights Act
A Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana has amplified an already intense national redistricting battle
02:01 PM on 05/01/2026 ABC Politics Supreme Court hollows out a landmark law that had protected minority voting rights for 6 decades
The Voting Rights Act over its six decades became one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history, preventing discrimination against minorities at the ballot box and helping to elect thousands of Black and Hispanic representatives at all lev...
07:10 AM on 04/30/2026 ABC Politics The Voting rights Act is now a dead letter after latest Supreme Court decision
Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision leaves the landmark civil rights law on the books — but in name only, prominent legal scholars and the liberal justices argue.
04:30 PM on 04/30/2026 Politico Top Stories Human rights Campaign targets battleground districts during broader reckoning over LGBTQ+ rights
The Human Rights Campaign is launching a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in battleground districts ahead of the fall's midterm elections
08:09 AM on 04/21/2026 ABC Politics
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