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Ari Berman: The Long War Against the Voting Rights Act

This week, the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act by striking down Section 4. But the war against voting rights began long before the Court's radical decision.

Press Room

June 27, 2013

This week, the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act by striking down Section 4. But the war against voting rights began long before the Court's radical decision. Nation contributing writer Ari Berman appears on Democracy Now! to lay bare the conservative crusade against voting rights, and the special interests that fund it. 

—Jake Scobey-Thal

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