Supreme Court Invalidates Key Sections of Voting Rights Act

The US Supreme Court today struck at the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a major achievement of the Civil Rights Movement. Is voting discrimination against blacks and other minorities a thing of the past? We hear the dispute that's already raging. Also, President Obama and climate change.

Banner image: President Lyndon B. Johnson shakes hands with Martin Luther King after signing the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965. Photo: Yoichi R. Okamoto