A Rare Victory for Black Voting Rights in the South A Rare Victory for Black Voting Rights in the South
The Supreme Court says GOP-drawn redistricting maps in Alabama may be unconstitutional racial gerrymanders.
Mar 25, 2015 / Ari Berman
Should the Supreme Court Have Accepted a Challenge to Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law? Should the Supreme Court Have Accepted a Challenge to Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law?
One of the country's most restrictive voter ID laws will now be in effect.
Mar 23, 2015 / Ari Berman
Honor Selma by Protecting Voting Rights Honor Selma by Protecting Voting Rights
A hundred members of Congress traveled to Selma this weekend. Will they support legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act?
Mar 9, 2015 / Ari Berman
50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack 50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack
The right to vote is under the greatest threat since the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Mar 5, 2015 / Ari Berman
Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed
Racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.
Feb 25, 2015 / Feature / Ari Berman
Jimmie Lee Jackson: The First Martyr of the Selma Struggle Jimmie Lee Jackson: The First Martyr of the Selma Struggle
The shooting of a civil rights activist by an Alabama state trooper led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Feb 19, 2015 / Ari Berman
The 2015 Moral Monday Movement: ‘North Carolina Is Our Selma’ The 2015 Moral Monday Movement: ‘North Carolina Is Our Selma’
This Saturday, progressive activists in North Carolina are holding a major “Moral March on Raleigh.”
Feb 12, 2015 / Ari Berman
How to Protect the Vote How to Protect the Vote
Democrats face significant obstacles in the fight to strengthen voting rights.
Jan 21, 2015 / Feature / Ari Berman
Honor King’s Legacy by Protecting Voting Rights Honor King’s Legacy by Protecting Voting Rights
The right to vote is under the most sustained attack since King marched from Selma to Montgomery.
Jan 16, 2015 / Ari Berman
What ‘Selma’ Gets Right—and Wrong—About Civil-Rights History What ‘Selma’ Gets Right—and Wrong—About Civil-Rights History
It took MLK’s activism and LBJ’s leadership to pass the Voting Rights Act.
Jan 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman