Bishop William Barber to deliver voting rights sermon in Atlanta Sunday
Civil rights leader Bishop William J. Barber II will speak at historic Big Bethel AME Church as part of a national voter mobilization tour ahead of the 2026 elections.
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Civil rights leader Bishop William J. Barber II will speak at historic Big Bethel AME Church as part of a national voter mobilization tour ahead of the 2026 elections.
Renowned historian James C. Cobb told CBS News Atlanta why he joined 500+ scholars urging Congress to rethink winner-take-all elections after SCOTUS's Callais ruling.
Sen. Raphael Warnock pushes for voting rights reforms, urging Congress to probe states that redrew maps after the Callais decision for racial bias.
Georgia officials and voting rights advocates pushed back after President Trump repeated false and misleading claims about election integrity.
The Department of Justice is warning Georgia officials that they could face federal prosecution if it finds that noncitizens are voting in federal elections.
Voting rights groups across the South say recent court rulings are reshaping the battle over voting rights, as Georgia lawmakers announce they will not redraw congressional maps during special legislative session.
Georgia's ban on people giving food and water to voters waiting in line at their polling place will stay in effect after a federal judge denied a request to block the law.
At a downtown Atlanta rally, Sen. Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms highlighted health care costs, voting rights, and economic frustration.
Georgia Sen. Greg Dolezal says lawmakers want accountability and election reforms in a new probe of the New Georgia Project, but critics question the timing.
At issue in the cases was who can bring lawsuits in federal court to address potential violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
A new generation of civil rights leaders is rallying against efforts to dismantle the Voting Rights Act.
The Supreme Court has ruled that, under the Voting Rights Act, Congressional districts can no longer be drawn along racial lines, but can be shaped by partisan aims. The result: A dash to re-draw voting districts in several states. What does this portend for democracy?
The Supreme Court rule 6-3 in a decision that has implications for the scope of the landmark Voting Rights Act.
The ruling in Louisiana v. Callais could reshape how states draw congressional maps and reignite redistricting fights across the South as the midterm election approaches.
At Atlanta's historic "City Hall of Sweet Auburn," Sen. Jon Ossoff and Fulton County DA Fani Willis framed the moment as a crisis for democracy.
A national democracy expert says Georgia became a "testing ground" for election pressure in 2020, and the lessons learned then could be used again unless communities push back.
The New Georgia Project and its affiliated New Georgia Project Action Fund announced Thursday that they will formally dissolve as organizations.
A delayed meeting kept Jasper Watkins from being inside the Pentagon when it was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. Twenty-five years later, he shared how that change in plans allowed him to help others.
More than 1,800 volunteers gathered at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta on Friday to turn remembrance into service.
At the foot of Kennesaw Mountain, 2,977 American flags now stand as a reminder that every person killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks had a life and a story.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating a shooting involving a Rome police officer that prompted a brief school lockdown and closed a nearby road Friday.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of death among men, the National Cancer Institute says. Some Georgia men who are living with or have overcome the cancer are hoping their stories will help more men get screened.