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  • Imagine what the Supreme Court will look like after four years of Governor Romney. Imagine what it will act like. Imagine what it will mean for civil rights, voting rights, and so much we have fought so hard for. – Vice President Joe Biden

  • Honor the Civil Rights Act anniversary by protecting the right to vote

    Rep. John Lewis writes, ''I can still vividly recall the march across the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, the sit-ins in Nashville, and the boycotts in Birmingham that were all part of the struggle to end discrimination and racial inequality during the civil rights movement. Thousands of Americans, of all races and backgrounds, came together to make our country a more perfect union. And those efforts culminated in the enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act 48 years ago today.''

    Rep. John Lewis writes, ''I can still vividly recall the march across the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, the sit-ins in Nashville, and the boycotts in Birmingham that were all part of the struggle to end discrimination and racial inequality during the civil rights movement. Thousands of Americans, of all races and backgrounds, came together to make our country a more perfect union. And those efforts culminated in the enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act 48 years ago today.''

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  • Bipartisan opposition to voter ID laws

    Opposition to voter ID laws brings together politicians from different political parties. In an op-ed published on Wednesday, former Democratic Vice President of the United States, Walter Mondale, and former Republican Governor of Minnesota, Arne Carlson, explore the new voter ID amendment that will be on the ballot this fall in Minnesota.

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  • Honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    On April 4, 1968, the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was cut short, ended by an assassin¹s bullet in Memphis, Tennessee. Though Dr. King was struck down in his prime, his legacy did not end along with life—it has grown to influence and inspire generations of Americans.

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  • Fannie Lou Hamer: A Pioneer for Voting Rights

    As we celebrate Women’s History Month, women’s rights are under attack around the county. From limiting access to health care to restricting our constitutional right to vote, there is a coordinated movement to strip women of the rights that were hard fought to achieve. Now more than ever, we should take the time to recognize those who have come before us and fought to expand our civil rights.

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  • Remembering Bloody Sunday

    On Sunday, I marched the Edmund Pettus Bridge. On the other side, there were columns of Alabama State Troopers lining Highway 80. It could not have been 1965; nearly all of the troopers were African American.

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