Opinion: Trump administration has Voting Rights Act on life support

As we celebrate the 53rd anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which vastly improved voter turnout, this country is at a crucial juncture in the centuries-long struggle to create, maintain, preserve, and ensure true equality of voting rights for members of minority populations. That we are still concerned about this well into the 21st century is incredible. That we, especially those of us who work to make voting readily accessible to all, are even more concerned than we were five years ago -- when the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby v. Holder -- is frightening.