Race/Related

The passage of the landmark law in 1965 helped increase Black representation, especially in the South, according to a Times analysis.

By Katherine Chui and Emily Cochrane

Veterans of the civil rights movement and others said the Supreme Court decision felt like a bleak end to decades of gains in Black representation in the region.

By Audra D. S. Burch and Emily Cochrane

The majority said the law was a victim of its own success and no longer needed. Dissenters responded that Congress should make the call.

By Adam Liptak

The federal law had been a “game changer” for Latino voters, but Wednesday’s ruling could weaken Asian Americans’ political power in the state.

By Laurel Rosenhall

The 1965 law was mean to address fundamental inequities in American life, and was one of the signal accomplishments of the civil rights movement.

By Sonia A. Rao

Here’s a look at some key events that led to and followed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

By Audra D. S. Burch, Emily Cochrane and Jamie Leventhal

New body camera footage from Nashville reveals a disturbing pattern of ICE and state troopers using minor traffic stops to target Black and brown drivers.

By The Editorial Board

Nathan Chasing Horse had been convicted of charges including the sexual assault of women and girls and the possession of child sexual abuse imagery.

By Reggie Ugwu

David Henry Hwang revised the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic 25 years ago. Now he gets to remedy some of his own remake’s flaws.

By Robert Ito

The effort to dismantle Temporary Protected Status, or T.P.S., is part of a shift away from providing humanitarian assistance to people from troubled countries.

By Jazmine Ulloa and Miriam Jordan