Republican leaders, especially in Texas, panic as their gerrymander scheme backfires.
The ruling, when it comes, will be disastrous for Black voters and for Democrats.
Gerrymandering in red states is predicated on Republicans holding Trump’s support in 2024, particularly from Latinos. That could be a bad bet.
The Fort Worth Democrat spent the night held hostage in the Texas House in protest. Then four enraged women — many of them mothers — refused to leave her side overnight.
White people are depicted as victims of discrimination;.white South Africans are invited as refugees; the president demands a museum designed to tell the African American story must tell a happy tale. The voting rights law may not see a 61st birthday
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Voters have recently ended highly gerrymandered election maps in Michigan and Wisconsin. An initiative on the ballot this November gives Ohio voters a chance to follow their example.
Rampant rigging has blocked fair representation, especially in the South. Nearly all population growth over the past decade took place in the South and Southwest, and most of that came from communities of color, who are being shut out of power.
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