The bill, H.R. 14, would strengthen the legal protections against racial discrimination in voting and representation.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) welcomes the reintroduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) ...

In a move to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the historic Selma to Montgomery March, U.S.

News of former Houston Mayor and U.S. Congressman Sylvester Turner's death traveled quickly Wednesday as many fellow ...

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Democrats say, too often, states pass laws making it too difficult to vote. They want to require states that repeatedly commit voting rights violations to pass future voting ...

Turner, 70, had revealed in 2022 he had undergone treatment for bone cancer, though he had declared himself “cancer free.” ...

Democratic U.S. Representative Sylvester Turner, a former mayor of Houston, who was sworn into office in November, died on ...

Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner warned the GOP before Trump's speech to leave Medicaid alone. It was one of his final messages.

U.S. Representative Sylvester Turner, the former mayor of Houston, has died at 70, Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced. The ...

Turner was elected in November to fill the seat left vacant after the passing of former Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died of ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire today revealed to colleagues that Turner had been rushed to the hospital shortly after releasing ...

Honoring Bloody Sunday's 60th anniversary, the Brown Chapel AME Church and Action Fund will host a celebration and call to ...