LATINOS WANT GOV’T TO LOOK INTO LA COUNTY VOTING
By MARK SHERMAN FILE – In this May 15, 2012, file photo, retired California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. The Obama administration is…
Voting rights
Croatia to vote on allowing gay marriage
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia, the newest member of the 28-nation European Union, will hold a referendum on whether to allow gay marriages but rights groups say the vote is…
Senate nears historic vote on gay rights bill
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, talks to reporters after the Senate cleared a major hurdle and agreed to proceed…
NC REPUBLICANS VOW TO FIGHT US DOJ OVER VOTER LAWS
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and PETE YOST FILE – In a June 30, 1982 file photo, President Ronald Reagan signs an expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Bill during a ceremony…
SOUTHERN STATES ARE MOVING TO TIGHTEN VOTING RULES
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK FILE – This June 25, 2013, file photo shows representatives from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund standing outside the Supreme Court in Washington, awaiting a decision…
POPE’S BLUNT REMARKS POSE CHALLENGE FOR BISHOPS
By RACHEL ZOLL FILE – In this March 15, 2013 photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis is greeted by Cardinal Timothy Dolan as he meets…
NAACP PRESIDENT BEN JEALOUS TO STEP DOWN THIS YEAR
File-This March 15, 2013 file photo shows NAACP President Ben Jealous speaking at a news conference in Annapolis, Md. Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the…
‘DREAM’ CEREMONIES REVEAL POLITICAL SEGREGATION
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, from left, President Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, first lady Michelle Obama, and former President Bill…