Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act in Landmark Blow to Democracy as Midterm Election Maps Are Redrawn Across Southern States US

Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act in Landmark Blow to Democracy as Midterm Election Maps Are Redrawn Across Southern States

Published: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 | Breaking News The United States Supreme Court has delivered what civil rights attorneys and constitutional law scholars are calling one of the most consequential rulings on American democracy in decades, gutting key provisions of the Voting Rights Act in a decision that immediately triggered a scramble across Southern states […]

Press Freedom Collapses to 25-Year Low Globally as Reporters Without Borders Finds US Falls to 64th, Gaza Journalist Deaths Surpass 220 News

Press Freedom Collapses to 25-Year Low Globally as Reporters Without Borders Finds US Falls to 64th, Gaza Journalist Deaths Surpass 220

Published: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 | Breaking News World Press Freedom Day on Sunday, May 3, 2026, brought devastating news for democratic accountability. Reporters Without Borders released its 2026 World Press Freedom Index, finding that press freedom has fallen to its lowest level globally in 25 years. For the first time in the survey’s history, […]