Politics

Contested Congressional Maps Remain Intact as Election Looms

Marilyn W. Thompson / ProPublica Apr 4, 2024 The time-consuming appeals process means elections in multiple districts will take place using maps that have been challenged as discriminatory to voters of color. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

How the GOP Keeps Gerrymandering Alive in Secret

Marilyn W. Thompson / ProPublica Oct 19, 2023 Republican legislatures around the country are shielding their work on allegedly discriminatory voting maps to prevent the public from finding out how and why they made their decisions. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Voting Rights Is Not as Good as It Seems

Bill Blum / The Progressive Jun 19, 2023 The decision to block a racist electoral map in Alabama comes with a fine-print caveat. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Avoids Ruling on Two Partisan Gerrymandering Cases

Ilana Novick Jun 18, 2018 It is a setback for those who hoped voting maps would be redrawn in time for the 2018 midterms. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

At Least 12 States Will Sue to Block a Census Question on Citizenship Status

Emily Wells / Truthdig Mar 29, 2018 “The census is supposed to count everyone,” says Attorney General Maura Healey of Massachusetts. “This is a blatant and illegal attempt by the Trump administration to undermine that goal.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

GOP Redistricting Fight Continues in Pennsylvania

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet Feb 6, 2018 The fight over gerrymandering in Pennsylvania is a microcosm of the anything-goes tactics the GOP is employing to take and hold power. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Top Pennsylvania Court Strikes Down GOP Remap

MARC LEVY / The Associated Press Jan 22, 2018 Republican lawmakers say they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and put the decision on hold. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Will Alabama Voters Be Next to Reject ‘Trumpism’?

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Nov 8, 2017 Campaigns in New Jersey and Virginia that used immigration and other issues to promote racism lost. The next big test is the race for Jeff Sessions' vacant Senate seat. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

(Mis)Representations by Gerry Mander

Staff / Truthdig Dec 11, 2013 "The Daily Show's" Jason Jones discusses the "art" of gerrymandering with redistricting consultant Kimball Brace, a man who won't stop drawing ludicrous new districts even after he's run the country into the ground. The only thing left to do is honor this artist with a gallery exhibit that shows how he uses color to change the face of American politics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Immigration Reform Passes, Rep. Duckworth Shames IRS Contractor, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 28, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including President Obama's latest concern about NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden and how we're already seeing results from the Supreme Court's monumentally bad Voting Rights Act decision. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Dark Money Helped Republicans Hold the House

By Olga Pierce, Justin Elliott and Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica Dec 24, 2012 In the November election, a million more Americans voted for Democrats seeking election to the U.S. House of Representatives than Republicans. But that popular vote advantage did not result in control of the chamber. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Elections Are Shrinking

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Nov 6, 2012 The voters in Ohio’s 8th District had better be happy with Republican Rep. John Boehner. They have no choice. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )