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June 12, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
The FBI Just Raided a Pro-Democracy Group in an Act of “Intimidation”
“They had agents all across the state going to civil rights leaders’ and community leaders’ doors intimidating them.”
June 10, 2026
Rekha Kennedy
The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Decision Is Worse Than You Think
The high court’s
Callais
ruling is already being used to delete majority-minority federal districts. But its most catastrophic impact may be felt closer to home.
June 4, 2026
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Is Showing Its Boundless Contempt for Black Voters
In a controversial shadow-docket ruling, the high court’s conservative bloc has fully dismantled the constitutional protections of Black voters.
June 3, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
Stacey Abrams: “This Is a National Project ... Not Just the South”
Stacey Abrams says that the erosion of democracy and Black power in the South won’t just stop there.
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June 3, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
Transcript: Stacey Abrams: “Everyone Needs To Be Concerned”
Stacey Abrams says that the erosion of democracy and Black power in the South won’t just stop there.
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May 28, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Judge Hands Him Major Win in Attack on Voting Rights
A Trump-appointed judge declined to block the president’s executive order limiting mail-in voting.
May 27, 2026
Perry Bacon
I Live in the South. Here’s Why I’m Constantly Thinking About Leaving.
Southern GOP pols are routinely stripping Black leaders and people of power and agency. Simply put, the South is not a democracy.
May 15, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Democrat Announces Resignation After State GOP Destroys His District
State Republicans aggressively redrew voting districts to eliminate the lone Democratic seat.
May 12, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
Transcript: Trump and the Supreme Court Are Crushing Black Power
Political scientists Hakeem Jefferson and Jake Grumbach say that we are witnessing a massive rollback of Black political power through Supreme Court decisions.
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May 9, 2026
Jason Linkins
Every Democratic Candidate Must Have an Answer for This Question
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is trying to drive the party to extinction. What do they plan to do about it?
May 8, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Alabama Republicans Pass Last-Minute Gerrymander in Middle of Election
Republicans want to stop an active election so they can redraw the maps and strip Black political power.
May 8, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
Trump and the Supreme Court Are Crushing Black Political Power
Political scientists Jake Grumbach and Hakeem Jefferson explain why the Republicans’ elimination of majority-Black districts in the South is such an erosion of democracy.
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May 8, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Samuel Alito Cited Fudged Data in His Ruling Gutting Voting Rights Act
Alito cited data provided by the Department of Justice that used faulty methodology.
May 7, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Protests Erupt as Tennessee Republicans Erase Only Democratic District
Tennessee Republicans have carved up the city of Memphis, eliminating the only majority-Black district in the state.
May 7, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Senate Republicans Defy Trump and Shelve Voter ID Bill
Donald Trump has been pressuring Republicans to pass his signature legislation.
May 7, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Alabama Republicans Vote to Pass New Map as Tornado Sirens Blare
Local lawmakers made sure to pass the gerrymandering bill even after the Capitol began to flood.
May 7, 2026
Matt Ford
Southern Republicans Are Already Deleting Black Districts
The Supreme Court’s recent gerrymandering ruling has touched off an instantaneous demolition of Black political power as state lawmakers roll back the Second Reconstruction.
May 6, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Mississippi GOP Will Hold Redistricting Vote at Infamous Jim Crow Site
Mississippi Republicans have picked the perfect place to vote on stripping Black political power in their state.
May 5, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Louisiana Governor Tossed Thousands of Votes In Order to Help Trump
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry wasted no time trying to overturn votes.
May 5, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Second Republican Governor Rejects Trump’s Gerrymandering Wars
South Carolina won’t be redistricting anytime soon.
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