TD Column

Rigging the Midterms Is Just the Beginning

Bill Blum / Truthdig Aug 25, 2025 Trump’s war on voting rights is part of a long game that aims for the eventual creation of a one-party state. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

The Art of Gerrymandering

Dave Whamond Aug 21, 2025 Dig deeper

Editorial Cartoons

Dem and GOP Redistricting Wrangle

Monte Wolverton Aug 18, 2025 Dig deeper

Opinion

What Blue States Should Do if Red States Super-Gerrymander

Robert Reich / Substack Aug 8, 2025 As Republicans redraw districts to stack the deck in states like Texas, Democratic leaders must stand up to counter a race to the bottom. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Politics

Texas GOP Seeks To Redraw Map, Give Itself Five More Seats in Congress

Gabby Birenbaum and Eleanor Kilbanoff / The Texas Tribune Jul 31, 2025 The first draft of the redistricting map targets Democrats in the Austin, Dallas and Houston metro areas, as well as South Texas. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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 )

TD Column

The Supreme Court’s Assault on Voting Rights Isn’t Over

Bill Blum / Truthdig Oct 2, 2023 The court will hear oral arguments in a “racial gerrymandering” case from South Carolina — Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP — that has the potential to inflict irreparable harm on minority voters. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Politics

Everybody In, Nobody Out

Liz Theoharis / TomDispatch Dec 23, 2022 Contrary to what too many of our politicians say, this country can indeed afford Medicaid expansion and pass higher minimum wage laws. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Decade Republicans Hijacked American Democracy

David Daley / Salon Dec 31, 2019 In our broken political system, majorities often can't translate the will of the people into action. Gerrymandering helps explain why. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

A Crash Course on How to Handle Homelessness

By Joel Bellman Nov 15, 2019 Here’s why previous efforts haven’t worked, and what to do instead, from an education gleaned in the streets of Los Angeles. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Only Hope Left of Ending Partisan Gerrymandering

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Jul 2, 2019 After the Supreme Court's potentially devastating decision in Rucho v. Common Cause, it's up to we the people to reclaim our democracy. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )