A federal appeals court has upheld its decision against two Native American tribes challenging North Dakota's redistricting ...

The Spirit Lake Nation and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa asked the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals not to reinstate a ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – An appeals court will not reconsider its decision finding that the Turtle Mountain ...

The Supreme Court justices gave an ominous prelude to next term, when voting rights — another pillar of a strong democracy — will be in the conservative majority’s crosshairs.

Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil ...

Sixty years ago this summer, Congress enacted the nation-transforming Voting Rights Act. Soon, however, Congress and a ...

Native Vote. On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit declined to reconsider its controversial ruling ...

Several other states are also facing new scrutiny in what the U.S. Department of Justice calls a national compliance effort.

How challenges to the Voting Rights Act could reshape the political landscape Legal challenges surrounding voting rights in multiple states could alter the nation’s political landscape ahead of ...

Counties covered by Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act are required to provide bilingual assistance to voters in specific languages. This means that they must provide poll workers who speak certain ...