50 Years After the Voting Rights Act Became Law, It Needs to be Restored (Blog) 8/6/2015 Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law, calling the day ''a triumph for freedom." The VRA was…
Voting Rights Act Marks Fiftieth Anniversary (Press Release) 8/6/2015 Calls for Restoration of Historic Legislation Sound Nationwide; President Obama Backs National Voter Registration Day Washington, DC – The League of…
League Advocates for Continued Funding to Restore the Great Lakes (Legal Document) 8/5/2015 The League joined other coalition partners in sending a letter to the Office of Management and Budget requesting continued funding for Great Lakes…
Finalized Clean Power Plan Outlines Key Ways to Stop Climate Change (Blog) 8/5/2015 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final version of the Clean Power Plan - the first ever limits on carbon pollution from power…
BREAKING NEWS: EPA Announces Final Carbon Regulation (Blog) 8/3/2015 Today is an EXCITING day! The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its Clean Power Plan—the first ever limits on carbon pollution from…
Landmark Clean Power Plan Will Save Lives, Protect Environment (Press Release) 8/3/2015 EPA Plan Sets First National Standards Limiting Carbon Pollution Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Environmental Agency (EPA) unveiled its long-…
League Joins Comments to Census Bureau (Article) 7/20/2015 The League joined national civil rights, voting rights, labor and criminal justice organizations in submitting comments to the Census Bureau asking…
Meet the League: Cynthia Sebian-Lander (Blog) 7/17/2015 In honor of 95 years of Making Democracy Work®, LWVVUS staff members are sharing stories about their work with the League. Cynthia Sebian-Lander,…
Challenge to the Country’s Most Restrictive Voting Law Heads to Court (Blog) 7/15/2015 In 2013, just six weeks after the United States Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that ensured certain states were…
Stopping Partisan Gerrymandering and Protecting Independent Redistricting Commissions (Blog) 6/30/2015 Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a big victory for citizen-led democracy. In a 5-4 decision in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona…