A Republican congressman stirred a row after calling for an end to all US visa programmes and the repeal of the landmark 1965 Hart-Celler Act. The Act replaced nationality-based immigration quotas ...

Doing the right thing in the wrong way can be a costly initiative, indeed — especially when Congress gets involved. The Hart-Celler Act (U.S. Immigration Act of 1965) was well-intentioned in ...

An installation view of “Abang-guard: Makibaka” at the Queens Museum. Courtesy Queens Museum. Photo: Hai Zhang You both met as guards at the Met in 2017. How does that origin shape the way you create ...

An intermission-less, two-character, conversational-centric play that focuses on a pair of women's specific immigrant experiences—marked with loneliness, hopes, fears, and puzzlements big and ...

WASHINGTON — Thinking about how the U.S. Supreme Court will handle the Louisiana case that could reshape the Voting Rights Act, the crowning legislative achievement of the civil rights era, Southern ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The Voting Rights Act, a landmark law barring discrimination in voting, was a product of the U.S. civil rights era, sought by Nobel Peace Prize recipient Martin Luther ...

The Voting Rights Act was passed to stop racial discrimination in voting. The case, Louisiana v. Callais, questions if states can comply with the Voting Rights Act without violating constitutional ...

Journal Editorial Report: The cases to watch as a new term begins. Headlines following oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais on Wednesday say the Supreme Court is about to “gut” the Voting Rights Act ...

In a dispute over a Louisiana voting map, the conservative majority signaled it might prohibit using race as a factor in creating election districts. Resulting redistricting could let states cement ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority signaled deep skepticism Wednesday over the creation of a second majority Black district in Louisiana and appeared open to at least weakening the ...

The Heart Sellers at the Studio Theatre, is a very intriguing play. The name actually derives from the Hart/Celler Immigration Act of 1965. It is the legislation signed by Lyndon Johnson, which still ...