A ruling Tuesday by a federal three judge panel orders Mississippi’s Republican-dominated legislature to create more Black-majority Congressional districts.
A series of contradictory rulings by the Supreme Court in cases involving redistricting highlight the need for Congress to set national voting rights standards.
Across the U.S. South, reluctant state legislatures are falling in line with rulings, by even conservative courts, that their voting systems unfairly sideline minority voters.
Republicans in North Carolina's are pushing through bills targeting abortion and the trans community following a ruling allowing extreme partisan gerrymandering.
Two measures now making their way through the State Assembly aim to improve how California draws new district maps to ensure more participatory elections.
LA politics "post racist recording" is a fraught moment for communities of color and indigenous people in the city. It is also an opportunity for change.