By Efrén Pérez, University of California, Los Angeles Shortly before Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential candidate, several national polls and primary voting results indicated…
JACKSON, Miss. -- The ongoing battle to redraw several Mississippi legislative districts that would restore Black voting power in the state may have face a new challenge. Attorneys for the…
Despite his attempts to appeal to African Americans, an AP analysis of recent polls shows former President Donald Trump remains widely unpopular with Black voters. According to the AP analysis…
By Sam D. Hayes, Trinity College For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power…
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- President Joe Biden spoke at two predominantly Black churches on Sunday, capping off a two-day campaign visit aimed at boosting support from Black voters ahead of the…
By Jonathan Entin, Case Western Reserve University The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has earned a reputation for strikingly conservative rulings. One of its recent decisions could…
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The deadline has been extended to January for Louisiana lawmakers to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace an existing map deemed in violation of…
This story was originally published by The 19th The vice president is hitting the road to engage college-aged voters in key states on abortion, guns and more. By Grace Panetta,…
By Henry L. Chambers Jr., University of Richmond In a rebuke of the Alabama legislature, a panel of three federal judges rejected on Sept. 5, 2023, the state’s proposed voting…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A judge ruled on Saturday that a redistricting plan in Florida -- supported by Gov. Ron DeSantis -- violates the state constitution and is prohibited from being…
By Alexander N. Taylor, George Mason University Confederate monuments burst into public consciousness in 2015 when a shooting at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, instigated the first…
By Howard Manly, The Conversation In its 5-4 Allen v. Milligan decision on June 8, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the state of Alabama to redraw its congressional voting…
By Henry L. Chambers Jr., University of Richmond In two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 summer recess, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote majority opinions that involved the use…
The U.S. Supreme Court released its hold today on a voter map redistricting case from Louisiana that will likely require the red state to carve out another Congressional district for…
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stunning ruling today related to a closely-watched congressional redistricting case in Alabama that critics have said diminishes the Black vote. (Credit: Pexels) The…
This weekend will mark the beginning of a new initiative spearheaded by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) to get Black voters to the polls for the 2024 elections. Rep. Steven…
By Rodney Coates, Miami University Mississippi legislators have enacted a law that would create a new judicial system covering the state’s capital city, Jackson, in place of the current county…
By John A. Tures, LaGrange College Sen. Raphael Warnock debates his U.S. Senate challenger Herschel Walker in Savannah Georgia on Oct. 14, 2022. (Source: Screenshot Fox 5 Atlanta/YouTube) In Georgia,…
By Joshua Holzer, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Westminster College Sen. Raphael Warnock debates his U.S. Senate challenger Herschel Walker in Savannah Georgia on Oct. 14, 2022. (Source: Screenshot Fox…
Originally published by The 19th By Candice Norwood, The 19th "2018 AFGE Legislative Conference - Monday" by AFGE is licensed under CC BY 2.0. The Senate has had no Black…
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