By Christabel Devadoss, Middle Tennessee State University Every four years, national media turn their attention to the Rust Belt, a…
Tag: Black Voters
Black voters, Latino voters and other voters of color show solidarity at the ballot box
By Efrén Pérez, University of California, Los Angeles Shortly before Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s 2024…
Republican officials say more time needed to draw new majority-Black districts in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. — The ongoing battle to redraw several Mississippi legislative districts that would restore Black voting power in the…
Polls: Most Black voters still don’t like Trump
Despite his attempts to appeal to African Americans, an AP analysis of recent polls shows former President Donald Trump remains…
Voting in unconstitutional districts: US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first
By Sam D. Hayes, Trinity College For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional…
Biden wraps up 2-day visit rallying Black voters in South Carolina amid waning support
COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Joe Biden spoke at two predominantly Black churches on Sunday, capping off a two-day campaign visit…
A surprising history of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, once a leader in expanding civil rights and now a leader in limiting government power
By Jonathan Entin, Case Western Reserve University The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has earned a reputation…
Deadline extended to draw new congressional map in Louisiana in compliance with Voting Rights Act
BATON ROUGE, La. — The deadline has been extended to January for Louisiana lawmakers to draw and pass new congressional…
Kamala Harris launches college tour to mobilize young voters ahead of 2024
This story was originally published by The 19th The vice president is hitting the road to engage college-aged voters in…
Alabama’s defiant new voting map rejected by federal court — after Republicans ignored the Supreme Court’s directive to add a second majority-Black House district
By Henry L. Chambers Jr., University of Richmond In a rebuke of the Alabama legislature, a panel of three federal…
