Biden Joins Fight to Revive Voting Rights Act

Bill would require Texas to get federal clearance

"...to pass a bipartisan measure that would rebuild the Voting Rights Act, and once again require Texas to get..."

Jan. 24, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Dems Storm the Capitol (Peacefully!) To Demand Voting Rights

O'Rourke, House quorum-breakers rally thousands

"...and waved signs for hours in support of national voting rights and democracy reform bills...."

June 21, 2021 News Post by Clara Ence Morse

Moral March for Democracy Enlists Willie Nelson, Luci Baines Johnson for Voting Rights Rally

27-mile march concludes at Texas State Capitol on Saturday

"...State Capitol tomorrow, July 31, during a rally for voting rights. Both join the Moral March for Democracy event,..."

July 30, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Nancy Pelosi Touts Voting Rights in Eastside Swing

U.S. House speaker stops in Austin to promote new anti-corruption legislation

"...promote campaign finance reform, ethics reform, and expansion of voting rights. It was the third of these that got..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Voting Rights Action

Texas Dems storm the Capitol (peacefully!)

"...as expected, and failed to proceed to debate signature voting rights legislation that promises to dominate national political discourse..."

June 25, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Point Austin: About Those Voting Rights

Colorblind ain't the same as blind

"...a "voter ID" law just as the Canyon Creek Voting Rights Act lawsuit reaches the U.S. Supreme Court? Not..."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Challenge E-Voting

"...recount: 80% of our "votes" are counted in electronic voting boxes. We are told to “trust” the system, as..."

Sept. 2, 2010 Postmarks

"Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties"

"Witness" brings the Civil Rights Movement to the Blanton Museum of Art

"...voices were saddened and solemn, lamenting that while the Voting Rights Act of 1965 may be behind us, there..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Point Austin: MUD Rising

Canyon Creek voting-rights lawsuit goes to the Supremes

"...the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review one Austin-based voting-rights case and rejected another, in a revealing coincidence of..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Column by Michael King

From Georgetown to Austin, a March to Defend Democracy

Barber, O’Rourke hosting 27-mile trek to force action on voting rights

"...Montgomery, but it’s long enough to focus attention and activism on Texas’ proposed “election integrity” laws and the GOP’s..."

July 27, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

DOJ Says No to Texas Maps

Feds reject GOP end run around courts for redistricting

"...passed by the Legislature this year comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965...."

Sept. 19, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Doubling Down

In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big

"...just come off a winning hand that by all rights shouldn't have paid off so richly. The cards were..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Redistricting: A Timeline

"...that were bound to fail legal tests under the Voting Rights Act and the 14th Amendment. Or it could..."

March 9, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Primaries Loom as Redistricting Lawsuits Drop

New maps and new challenges

"...that Texas has violated (again) Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by managing to draw maps with..."

Oct. 29, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Supremes Block Texas Maps: What Now?

The Supremes throw a monkey wrench into election maps and planning

"...Republicans may see this as a victory over an activist court, office seekers from all parties are once again..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Once Again, Redistricting Looms in Texas

Republicans hold all the power to draw new lines, but there's more attention on the process than ever before

"..."dummymander" – highly engineered lines that no longer match facts on the ground as populations shift across them. Despite..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...on asking voters for a tax rate increase, instead voting to cover a projected $33 million shortfall out of..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature

Fighting the New Civil War

"...entity, a legal creation on paper, to have the rights and liberties of a person? The Supreme Court majority..."

Oct. 13, 2010 Postmarks

Moral March for Democracy at Texas State Capitol

"...Texas State Capitol, where attendees rallied in support of voting rights. Coordinated by the Poor People Campaign and its..."

Aug. 2, 2021 Photo Gallery

Marching for Democracy, From Georgetown to Austin

Refusing to take even one step back

"...Moral March for Democracy hope to accomplish through direct action to create a path forward for protecting Texans' and..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Block the Vote

If you can't beat 'em, disenfranchise 'em

"...of valid ID a legislature might allow if they actually wanted to encourage voting, one couldn't help but suspect..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Point Austin: Stayed on Freedom

Considering the LBJ legacy

"...way to consider the legacy of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (initiated by John F. Kennedy; strengthened, lobbied through..."

April 11, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Riding the Pinwheel

The GOP redraws the map of Texas – brazenly sidestepping most of the state's newest voters

"...plan, in their U.S. congressional map they did in fact carve up Travis five ways. And the districts, as..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Young Protesters Score Small Wins in Fight for Democracy

Hungry for the vote

"...the Senate to take up the Freedom to Vote Act and a January meeting scheduled with staffers for President..."

Dec. 31, 2021 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

New Austin Congressional District Would Help Protect GOP Incumbents

New TX 37 has a 73.8% Democratic vote share. We should be happy, right?

"...a total of 38 members, whose districts must be exactly equal in size (766,987). One of those two new..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The LBJ Presidential Library at 50

For five decades, the LBJ Library & Museum has been not only keeping history but also making history

"...on the Vietnam War, race in America, and civil rights – the last with four U.S. presidents attending –..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Albuquerque or Bust!

The Texas Senate Democrats make a stand in New Mexico against congressional redistricting.

"...bring any bill to the floor. The prospects don't exactly look good: On Monday, Dewhurst told the press corps..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Column by Michael King

We Have an Issue: Why We’re Still Talking About LBJ

Reflections on the LBJ Library at 50, and a fond farewell to Food Editor Jessi Cape

"...quorum to foil Republicans' plan of attack on our voting rights, it was LBJ's legacy that was invoked: A..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Get Out Your Colored Pencils

The San Antonio court says it will draw its own maps, and sparks begin to fly

"...Court in D.C. to preclear the maps under the Voting Rights Act (instead of submitting them to the Depart­ment..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is back, and this time it may be a bit more bulletproof.

"...unanimously passed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000. You can just call it Son of..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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