Feb 26 Our Past Still Speaks: Re-examining the Voting Rights Act By Ray Suarez President Lyndon Johnson discusses the Voting Rights Act with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in 1965, the year it was signed into law. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images Let me begin this discussion of the landmark Voting Rights… Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch News Wrap: Supreme Court to Review Challenge of Voting Rights Act of 1965 In other news Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear a constitutional challenge to part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The law as it stands now, requires all or parts of 16 states with a history… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch Remembering Ted Kennedy's Faith, Friendships and Persona A journalist, clergyman and congressman who were close to Sen. Ted Kennedy reflect on his personality, faith and friendships. Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch Supreme Court Term Brought Some Surprises Legal analysts Linda Greenhouse and Thomas Goldstein examine the impact of the most significant Supreme Court decisions of the 2008 term, including a narrow ruling on the landmark Voting Rights Act. Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch Justices Deliver Narrow Ruling on Voting Rights Act The Supreme Court delivered a tightly focused ruling Monday in a challenge to the landmark Voting Rights Act, exempting a small Texas governing authority from a key provision of the law but avoiding a larger constitutional issue. Marcia Coyle of… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch Other News: Signing Statements Under Review, Economic Outlook Worsens President Barack Obama ordered a review of the Bush administration's policy on presidential signing statements, and billionaire investor Warren Buffett made a stark assessment of economic conditions. Continue watching
Mar 09 Justices Reject Expanded Protections for Minorities Under Voting Rights Act By Admin, PBS News Hour A Supreme Court ruling Monday refused to expand protections for minorities under the Voting Rights Act, a decision that may affect the redrawing of legislative boundaries following the 2010 Census. Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch Obama's Nomination Reflects 'Evolution' of American Democracy Sen. Barack Obama's nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate coincides with turning points in American civil rights history. Historians and analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the progress in American representativeness and the challenges to becoming a post-racial society. Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Americans Reflect on Evolution of King's Legacy On the evening of April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of a Memphis hotel, leaving the civil rights movement he led to forge its own path. A panel of analysts discuss King's complex legacy… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch Clinton, Obama Campaigns Collide in Alabama Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., appeared in Selma, Ala., on Sunday to commemorate the 1965 march for civil rights. A New York Times reporter discusses the event, the first time the candidates have appeared together in the… Continue watching