The assault is part of a history of racial violence striking at a central institution of African-American life in the South

Denying a dream

Selma isn’t just a memorial site: It’s a struggling, majority-black city that brings into sharp relief the conflicted legacy of the 1960s civil rights movement

Selma’s legacy is being remembered at a moment when voting rights in the South, and the Voting Rights Act itself, are in their most precarious position in half a century

A Freedom Summer-like push to register and mobilize African-American voters — along with Latinos, Asian-Americans, youth and other pieces of the so-called New American Electorate — could reshape Southern politics far beyond the 2014 elections

Since launching in 2012, Justice for All NC has quietly emerged as a big player in elections for North Carolina judges

He was known as “America’s most revolutionary mayor.” Chokwe Lumumba, who died this week at the age of 66, was elected to lead the city of Jackson, Miss. in 2013

Partnering with churches, nonprofits, community groups and others, Democracy North Carolina’s team is fanning out across the state to educate and inform voters

No place seemed to shape New York native Pete Seeger, both musically and politically, more than the U.S. South

Art Pope, North Carolina's Republican mega-donor, is back in the national media spotlight. Pope and his influential political machine first got national…