Jun 25 Live Blog: Supreme Court to Rule on Pair of Same-Sex Marriage Cases By Katelyn Polantz Wednesday is the day. The Supreme Court will decide its two most-awaited cases of the year -- on same-sex marriage policies in California and nationally -- shortly after 10 a.m. The rulings could offer a significant federal stamp of approval… Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch Can Congress Design a Successor to Struck-Down Provision of Voting Rights Act? Can Congress Design a Successor to Struck-Down Provision of Voting Rights Act?… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch In 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Provision of the Voting Rights Act In 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Provision of the Voting Rights Act… Continue watching
Jun 25 Inside Softball: Politicians and the Press Slug It Out for Good Cause By Ellen Rolfes EmbedVideo(6782, 482, 304); The "Bad News Babes" face off against female members of Congress Wednesday for the annual charity Congressional Women's Softball Game. Washington, D.C. -- The sun had yet to peek above the tops of multi-colored rowhouses in… Continue reading
Jun 25 What Striking Down the Voting Rights Act Coverage Formula Really Means The Supreme Court Tuesday struck down Section 4 of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, effectively ruling that the heart of the historical civil rights legislation was now unconstitutional, and that Congress would need to draft a new… Continue reading
Jun 25 Supreme Court Decisions: Voting Rights Act Reaction Live By Meena Ganesan For more coverage of the Shelby County ruling by the Supreme Court, watch Tuesday's PBS NewsHour. (Courtroom sketches by W. J. Hennessy) The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Section 4 of the landmark Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional. Continue reading
Jun 25 Supreme Court Makes Narrow Affirmative Action Ruling to Start Blockbuster Week By Katelyn Polantz Arielle Atherley holds a sign in front of the U.S. Supreme Court before affirmative action arguments were heard on Oct. 10, 2012. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images The Supreme Court decided on Monday its first of four major cases this… Continue reading
Jun 25 Why Obama Is Visiting Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania But Not Kenya By Larisa Epatko President Barack Obama's last trip to Africa during his presidency -- before he returns this week -- was a 36-hour visit to Ghana in 2009. At the time, he told the Ghanaian Parliament, "Africa doesn't need strongmen, it needs strong… Continue reading
Jun 25 Supreme Court Live Blog: Awaiting Same-Sex Marriage and Voting Rights Act Rulings By Katelyn Polantz Landmark rulings from the Supreme Court on two major issues could come this morning. The court is set to issue decisions on the Voting Rights Act section 5, and California's Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of… Continue reading
Jun 25 Obama on Climate Change: Don't Fear the Future, Seize It EmbedVideo(6783, 482, 304); Watch President Barack Obama's announcement of his new climate plan. Update: 2:30 p.m. ET | With sweat glistening on his forehead in the balmy Washington, D.C., heat, President Obama outlined a sweeping new climate plan… Continue reading