Carroll and fellow analyst Alton Dillard recently told Colorado Matters Host Chandra Thomas Whitfield in a panel discussion ...

With the 55th anniversary of the 26th Amendment, which lowered the age of voting from 21 to 18, nearly upon us, it is time ...

Democratic Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin said on Sunday that his party has “room” for Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has several avenues at its disposal as it appears poised to limit a central ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

This is an adapted excerpt from the Oct. 19 episode of “Velshi.” One of the crown jewels of the Civil Rights Movement is the Voting Rights Act, which was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson ...

As the Supreme Court heard arguments in a racially charged Louisiana voting rights case last month, down on its ground floor a special exhibit was running a continual loop of commentary from Chief ...

Opponents rally before a Texas House redistricting committee public hearing Monday at the University of Texas at Arlington on Monday, July 28, 2025. Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer Sixty years ago ...

Voting rights activists gather outside the Supreme Court on Oct. 15 as the justices prepare to take up a challenge to the Voting Rights Act. (Cliff Owen/AP) When the Supreme Court weakened the Voting ...

If the oral arguments are any indication, the Supreme Court may be about to achieve a remarkably bizarre outcome: using the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to overturn a key provision of ...

As early voting begins for the Nov. 4 elections, I want to speak to those who feel their vote doesn't matter, who have tuned out or who have become ambivalent about their voting power. I know you've ...