The South Carolina House passed a new map eliminating the district held by Rep. James Clyburn, but the map failed twice in the state Senate.
Apparently, Alabama’s proposed congressional map is so racist it even meets the high bar set after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act.
Unlike every other southern state that has announced a redistricting effort in the last week, Georgia’s is focused on the 2028 election.
As a result of the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act, several southern states have rushed to disenfranchise Black voters.
On Monday, Virginia asked the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the state Supreme Court that ruled its redistricting effort was illegal.
By gutting the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court has essentially authorized the South to disenfranchise Black voters with Jim Crow maps.
Virginia’s ruling comes as several Red states have moved to redraw their maps in the wake of the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act.
Restricting SNAP benefits in Alabama is not about health, but control. Structural inequities, not individual choices, drive poor outcomes.
Gov. Kay Ivey revised the sentence of 75-year-old Charles “Sonny” Burton to life without parole after Burton spent three decades on death row.
For many families, SNAP is what ensures there’s food on the table after rent, utilities, and child care are paid.
The home of Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch displayed Halloween decorations featuring skeletons dressed as ICE agents and migrants wearing sombreros.
On both the state and county levels, Alabama’s redistricting efforts have frequently faced legal pushback for racial gerrymandering.