It took the Voting Rights Act in 1965, and its revisions decades later, to restore Black congressional representation in the South after Reconstruction.

Stream now with KPBS Passport / Watch Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 or on Ken Burns' website For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and ...

"The Folkways of Congress: Legislating Norms in an Era of Conflict" edited by Brian Alexander, is a book that examines the ...

For decades Congress has been gradually ceding its constitutional authority to the executive branch of government. And the executive branch has stretched that authority far beyond anything Congress or ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Nuts and Bolts is a recurring series by Stephen Wermiel providing insights into the mechanics of how the Supreme Court works.

Congress has left the building. Lawmakers are home for the holidays with the memory of the longest ever government shutdown still fresh. This Congress is earning a reputation as the least productive ...

Congress is wrapping up the year in the shadow of the longest government shutdown and with a growing reputation as the least productive in modern history. "Congress is in a coma. It has a pulse, but ...

Democrats had an 11-point lead when registered voters were asked which party’s candidate they would support for Congress — ...

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