HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver looks into how race has perpetuated inequality in U.S. territories.

“I gave a little blood on that bridge in Selma, Alabama for the right to vote.” – Rep. John Lewis, referring to the 1965 assault by Alabama state troopers on peaceful marchers.

This year marks the 50^th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Act was one of the most critical legislative victories of the Civil Rights movement because it outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in several southern states after the Civil War that were used to prevent people of color from gaining access to the ballot.

As 2014 draws to a close, it’s amazing how far we’ve come, even as there is a long way yet to go. 

On Monday, February 9, 2015, the plaintiffs in Tuaua v. United States will have their day in Court. But your help is needed to get them there!

On Monday, February 9, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. the D.C. Circuit will hear the appeal in Tuaua v. United States, which argues that the U.S. Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship to all born on U.S. soil, including U.S. territories.

Here is something to think about.  Today the U.S. Constitution celebrates its 227^th birthday.  In just a few years, the U.S. Virgin Islands will celebrate its 100^th birthday as part of the United States. Yet Virgin Islanders still cannot vote for President, lack full voting representation in Congress, and the Obama administration recently argued in court that citizenship for people born in territories like the VI is a mere congressional privilege rather than a constitutional right.