Legislation would let city residents decide whether and what to rename the site of "Bloody Sunday."

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has indicated that she will push for at least one voting rights bill. Some voting experts say new legislation is needed following a contentious general election.

The first woman, African American and South Asian to become vice president will be sworn in on two Bibles with personal resonance.

After wins in Georgia, they’re looking toward races for mayor and governor — plus the Senate majority in 2022.

The attorney general of Massachusetts is among the law enforcement officials preparing for potential violence at state capitals and other sites following a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The 19th's editor-at-large will write about the rise of Black women in American politics.

Women hold the three top positions in Vermont’s legislature. With them they bring an understanding that to focus on economic recovery means to focus on caregiving.

In what he’s calling his “Rescue” plan, President-elect Joe Biden laid out his economic proposal to get aid to families, child care centers, schools and those hardest hit by the pandemic. The plan would need support from Congress to pass.

Layleen Cubilette-Polanco’s death spurred widespread calls for reform. Her family says those promises have been broken. 

After a mob stormed the Capitol on January 6 in an attempt to overturn the presidential election results, lawmakers called for accountability.