Democrats Secure Temporary Relief as Republicans Delay Southern Redistricting Plans
Republicans are pausing aggressive redistricting efforts in key Southern states, temporarily sparing Black lawmakers from significant representation l...
Republicans are pausing aggressive redistricting efforts in key Southern states, temporarily sparing Black lawmakers from significant representation l...
Republicans in South Carolina and Georgia are pushing ahead with redistricting plans following a Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Ac...
As voters head to the polls for the midterms, electoral maps are rapidly changing due to a Supreme Court decision that limits race-based redistricting...
The U.S. Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, approved Alabama’s gerrymandered congressional map for the 2026 midterms in a 6-3 partisan...
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use a congressional map that excludes one of two majority-Black voting districts, prompting Justice Sonia So...
The Supreme Court's recent decision gutting the Voting Rights Act has triggered a wave of Republican-led redistricting efforts to eliminate majority-B...
Republican Representative Jen Kiggans agreed with a racist comment calling Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' 'cotton-picking hands' off Virginia during...
Tennessee Republicans are dismantling a majority-black congressional district after a Supreme Court ruling weakened the Voting Rights Act. Democrats a...
In a May 7 episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon, political experts Seth Masket and Mark Schmitt discussed their latest projects and insights on U.S....
Political commentator Tim Miller criticizes Republican-led redistricting battles in Louisiana and Tennessee, canceled votes, and warns of GOP efforts...
Republican gains in redistricting have shifted House control odds in their favor, leaving Democrats scrambling to recover. While Democrats remain conf...
Alabama Republicans approved two redistricting bills on Friday, despite fierce opposition from Democrats and protesters. Governor Kay Ivey signed the...
Tennessee’s recent redistricting has effectively disenfranchised Black voters after a Supreme Court ruling allowed states to dismantle Black-majority...
Virginia's leadership announced plans to challenge a state Supreme Court ruling that overturned a Democratic-backed redistricting referendum. Attorney...
Conservative courts have overturned a Virginia redistricting plan that would have given Democrats four new House seats, while the US Supreme Court wea...
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito cited flawed voter turnout data to justify gutting the Voting Rights Act, according to a Guardian investigation. Ex...
House Democrats expressed shock and frustration after the Virginia Supreme Court struck down a congressional map that could have gained them up to fou...
The Supreme Court’s 2024 decision in Louisiana v. Callais dismantled the last remaining provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Chief Justice John...
The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, marking another step in the Roberts Court’s...
Protests erupted at the Tennessee state Capitol on May 6 after Republicans abruptly ended a committee meeting discussing a controversial congressional...
Tennessee is set to become the first Southern state to pass a redistricting map eliminating a majority-Black district just one week after the Supreme...
The Supreme Court’s recent dismantling of the 1965 Voting Rights Act mirrors the flawed logic of Plessy v. Ferguson, reviving the 'separate but equal'...
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais has dismantled key protections under the Voting Rights Act, prompting Republicans to aggre...
Republicans in Southern states are racing to redraw congressional maps to eliminate majority-Black districts following a Supreme Court decision. The m...
Democrats are preparing retaliatory measures after the Supreme Court gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, threatening Black political representa...
Tennessee Republicans approved a new congressional map on May 5, 2024, despite protests led by Democratic Rep. Justin Pearson. The controversial redis...
Mississippi Republicans are set to redraw the state’s congressional map on May 20 at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, a site tied to segregation and...
Indiana’s GOP primary results reveal Trump’s tight grip on the party, with five anti-redistricting incumbents losing to Trump-backed challengers. The...
The Supreme Court's Republican majority effectively repealed a 1982 Voting Rights Act amendment last week, removing requirements for majority-Black or...
Phillip 'Bert' Callais, lead plaintiff in Louisiana v. Callais, was a key figure in the Supreme Court's decision to weaken the Voting Rights Act. Reco...