It is time for the United States to uphold the words of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution: all Americans are equal and have the constitutional right to be treated equally. Discrimination against ...

Wednesday will mark the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark piece of legislation that was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The law ...

Halfway between the 2020 and 2030 census is not the normal time to be talking about redistricting, or gerrymandering, but the issue has nonetheless taken over the political conversation.

That is precisely what the Supreme Court did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: The ...

On Monday, as part of “Closer Look’s” week-long special programming examining implications of the Voting Rights Act, host ...

The Supreme Court will hear a case over the creation of minority-majority congressional districts under the Voting Rights Act as states weigh redistricting.

Semafor politics reporter David Weigel talked about Texas Republicans' efforts to redraw the political map in the state to add more Republican congressional seats and how blue state Governors are ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s request to the parties in a Louisiana redistricting case could affect Alabama’s similar, ...

Politics / A gerrymandering fight reveals how far Trump will go to avoid electoral accountability. John Nichols The small “d” democratic logic of an argument made by Texas state Rep. Ann Johnson—who, ...

A group of Baton Rouge judges wants a federal court to reopen a 1986 voting rights case, arguing a new 19th JDC election map ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the arrest of Democrats who fled the state to prevent a redistricting effort by ...

A spat over congressional redistricting in Texas marks the latest episode in a long national history of gerrymandering.