How the Voting Rights Act Bolstered Black Representation in the House
See more charts on how the passage of the landmark law in 1965 helped increase Black representation, especially in the South, according to a…
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Chief Justice Roberts Played the Long Game on Voting Rights
Since his early days as a lawyer and in his first years on the bench, the chief justice has worked to limit the force of the Voting Rights A…