Few pieces of legislation have reshaped a democracy as profoundly as America’s Voting Rights Act. Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6, 1965, at the height of the civil-rights struggle, the Act stands as one of…
A federal court in Alabama delivered an unexpected rebuff to Republican mapmakers on Tuesday, blocking a congressional redistricting plan that would have pared back Black electoral influence in a state long defined by its racial and partisan divides. The unanimous…
Elon Musk’s growing influence over the US federal government has left many Americans and international observers alarmed. As the world’s richest individual, Musk has increasingly embedded himself into the fabric of Washington’s political machinery, with the support of President Donald…
