Four and a half months later, the lanky Texan would return to the U.S. Capitol to sign the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965, whose 50th anniversary is being celebrated this week.

A three-judge federal panel is hearing arguments in a lawsuit claiming that Texas Republicans violated the Voting Rights Act when they redrew state Senate District 10 in Tarrant County to lessen ...

The Supreme Court delayed ruling on a Louisiana congressional redistricting case that some legal experts say could end up further weakening protections against maps that dilute minority voters' power.

The US Supreme Court said it will hear a new round of arguments on a Louisiana congressional map that created an additional ...

On his second day in office, President Donald Trump labeled O.F.C.C.P.’s efforts to enforce the 1964 Civil Rights Act illegal ...

Texas is already facing a lawsuit that alleges maps drawn by state Republicans in 2021 violate the Voting Rights Act.

Bill Moyers, a key member of Democratic President Lyndon Johnson’s inner circle and later a guiding force in American ...

The poem is about priorities and purpose, introspection and self-care. It spoke to Moyers’ vulnerability and uncertainty. Its ...

Bill Moyers, a key member of Democratic President Lyndon Johnson's inner circle who went on to become a guiding force in ...

With a preacher’s cadence and a poet’s curiosity, Bill Moyers turned television into a sanctuary for ideas, challenging power ...

At a time when critics said broadcast news was becoming fluffier and shallower, Moyers pursued a thoughtful, in-depth ...

From pig ears to "white sauce" to the legendary ribs that fed the civil rights movement, Alabama has a diverse and tangy ...