There is still time to protect voting rights. The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., has already reintroduced, would ensure American citizens have an ...

leading to the passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act aims to ...

Hewitt, as the acting president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, dedicates his efforts to combatting voter suppression and ensuring fair elections.

Referring back to a 2013 Supreme Court decision that had severely weakened the Voting Rights Act which was a crowning achievement of Lewis' life, Obama said: "If politicians want to honor John ...

And it’s not just democracy advocates who support this move — two-thirds of Coloradans agree. A new poll from the State ...

Civil-rights icon Representative John Lewis said the decision “stuck a dagger into the Voting Rights Act.” Even President Obama said he was “deeply disappointed” with the decision.

while Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are continuing to push for the passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would restore and modernize the protections of ...

Voters wait in line during the first day of early voting at a polling station in Wilmington, North Carolina, US, on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.