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We Now Know Just How Devastating the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Rulings Were

This book excerpt is part of Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. On June 25, 2013, the Roberts Court...

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A Black community in Louisiana faces a future without a champion in CongressCongressional districts are core to debates over racial equality in the South, where white leaders spent decades using gerrymandering to ensure Black people couldn’t gain enough power to elect their own representatives.

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Voter Suppression Is Happening in the South. This Organizer Fights It.One of the defining issues heading into this year’s midterms is how redistricting has rapidly reshaped electoral maps across the country. When the Supreme Court gutted much of the Voting Rights Act earlier this year, a number of states redrew maps eliminating majority-Black districts, weakening Black political power potentially for years to come.…

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