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How the MAGA gerrymander in Texas resurrects Jim Crow’s racist playbook for voter suppression
The redistricting campaign by lawmakers in the Lone Star State, orchestrated at the behest of President Donald Trump, is yet ...
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Texas’ proposed congressional map dismantles districts flagged by DOJ
The Department of Justice said four districts unconstitutionally combined Black and Hispanic voters, a charge the state ...
Texas Republicans unveil congressional map that would give them a chance to pick up 5 seats
The proposal would redraw district lines in ways that target current Democratic members of Congress in districts in South ...
Opinion - ‘Trumpmandering’ — a nationwide scheme to undermine Black and Hispanic voters
Abbott called a special session of the legislature to adopt a new map unveiled last Wednesday, which redraws congressional ...
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Texas House Republicans unveil new congressional map that looks to pick up five GOP seats
The first draft of the lower chamber’s new redistricting map targets Democratic members of Congress in the Austin, Dallas and ...
Texas Democrats slam GOP redistricting plan as "grossly unfair" and "deeply undemocratic"
Top Texas Democrats are sounding the alarm over a GOP plan — endorsed by President Trump — to redraw Texas' congressional ...
60 years after the Voting Rights Act was passed, Black voters are still fighting for access: ‘So much is at stake’
We cannot deny our ugly history with racial discrimination in this country, especially as it pertains to access to the ...
How Texas’ redistricting effort is having major implications across the US
The outcome of the political battle over Texas’ redistricting effort is already having major implications across the country.
Texas House committee considers newly proposed congressional district map
The redrawn map shifts around voters in Austin, Houston, North Texas and the Rio Grande Valley in hopes of creating five more Republican seats in the U.S. House.