Court fight over Alabama congressional seat has national significance, some say
Attorneys were to file briefs today to persuade three federal judges who will now decide whether Alabama’s congressional ...
The Supreme Court — and Black voters — may decide who controls the next Congress
Conservatives have challenged the drawing of some Black-majority congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms ...
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Voting Rights Act Enforcement Increases Turnout
While research from the 1990s on minority-opportunity districts did not find consistent turnout effects, more recent analysis ...
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Black voters turned out in higher numbers in new majority-Black district, report says
Last November, the new majority-Black 6th district voted in U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields. The district, in its previous, ...
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Rep. Shomari Figures on opportunity: ‘Take advantage of every moment we’ve got’
Figures ran for Congress after a federal court ordered Alabama to redraw congressional boundaries ... Supporters of the current map want it to stay in place through 2030. Figures said the legal ...
Along the Gulf, Residents Wonder: What’s in a Name?
President Trump’s order changing the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America prompted communities along the coast to think about the basin in a way many never had before.
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Experts say attempted mass firing of NOAA workers may be illegal and threatens public safety
Weather forecasters, climate modelers, glacier scientists and crew members on research ships received termination emails, ...