Voting Rights Act

In a new working paper, five Census Bureau economists find that adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census would only reduce accuracy and increase costs.

• By Dwyer Gunn

The president's recent Task Force on 21st Century Policing had one big omission: historical context. If we are going to reform police behavior, that means recognizing the underpinnings of African-American discrimination in the United States and using it as a launching point for a broader dialogue.

• By Jane Greenway Carr

Since the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act, states have already moved to implement changes to voting laws previously identified as discriminatory. Is this what we're going back to?

• By Lisa Wade

Yes, the historic ruling on same-sex marriage was a triumph, but the Roberts Court has done major damage this week to the project of civil rights.

• By Samuel Bagenstos

The court's reversal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act assumes politics has changed. But this historic phone call sounds pretty familiar.

• By Marc Herman