Hansi Lo Wang

The U.S. census undercounting people of color and overcounting white people who don't identify as Latino means political representation and federal funds have been allocated unfairly, a report warns.

A federal appeals court blocked the redrawing of Louisiana's congressional map after a lower court found the redistricting plan likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.

A U.S. Supreme Court order has signaled that more congressional voting districts where Black voters have a chance of electing their preferred candidate are coming to the South, including Alabama.

The Census Bureau wants to use an annual survey to ask people over the age of 15 about their sexual orientation and gender identity. This data could help enforce civil rights laws.

The U.S. census asked for more details about people's race and ethnicity in 2020 than ever before. New results show how many responded with identities such as Irish, Jamaican, Arab and Salvadoran.

Despite a divided Congress, Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama is still pushing to shore up the Voting Rights Act after the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled key parts of the landmark law.

Alabama is once again appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court order that struck down the state's congressional map for likely violating the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.

Alabama is under a federal court order to draw a new congressional map with two districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred candidate. But its GOP-led legislature refused.

The legal fight continues over Alabama's congressional map. A federal court is set to check if a new map approved by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature weakens the power of Black voters.

The U.S. Supreme Court has used an obscure legal idea to justify delaying the redrawing of voting maps, forcing some elections to use voting districts that lower courts found to be illegally drawn.

Alabama begins a special session to consider a new congressional voting map after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state's current map likely diluted the power of Black voters in Alabama.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to reject the most extreme version of the "independent state legislature theory" is expected to bring some stability to the 2024 elections — and invite more lawsuits.

An unexpected U.S. Supreme Court ruling has upheld a key section of the Voting Rights Act. But many voting rights advocates and legal scholars are bracing for new efforts to dismantle the law.

The Census Bureau has released the most comprehensive national statistics to date about same-sex couples living together in the U.S. But many other LGBTQ+ people remain invisible in the census data.

A North Carolina court's unusual ruling has highlighted the fact that some states allow voting districts to be drawn in ways that make elections less competitive and help one political party win.

A large share of non-U.S. citizens may have been missed in the 2020 tally of the country's residents, the Census Bureau says. The tally affects the distribution of political power and federal funds.

Voter turnout for last year's elections was the second highest for a midterms since 2000, and close to half of voters cast ballots early or by mail, estimates from a Census Bureau survey show.

North Carolina's highest court has overruled one of its own rulings, throwing into question if the U.S. Supreme Court will issue a decision on the major elections case known as Moore v. Harper.

How your race and ethnicity are reported for the U.S. census, federal surveys and other forms may change. That could affect data used to redraw voting maps, enforce civil rights and guide research.

The U.S. Census Bureau said there was a national overcount of Asian Americans in its 2020 tally. But a new report finds Asian Americans may have also been left out of some state and county numbers.