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The G.O.P. Rush To Break Up Majority-Black Districts

Ravi Singh6 days ago01 mins

new video loaded: The G.O.P. Rush To Break Up Majority-Black Districts Republican-controlled legislatures in the South are breaking up majority-Black congressional districts in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti describes what it means for the midterms. By Nick Corasaniti, Laura Bult, June Kim, Edward Vega and Leanne…

How the Supreme Court Demolished the Voting Rights Act

Ravi Singh2 weeks ago05 mins

For the past forty years, courts have had to acknowledge that Congress in Section 2 meant to address racially discriminatory effects on voting, regardless of discriminatory intent. But, as the Supreme Court became increasingly clear in its view that not being color-blind amounts to racial discrimination, a Catch-22 developed, wherein states’ attempts to avoid violating…