May 13, 2020New techniques in districting allow legislators to essentially pick their voters, instead of the other way around. And in 2010, Republicans in several states redrew maps that guaranteed victory.
May 11, 2020It has been a long held tradition in American politics that every 10 years, the party in control of state houses would use gerrymandering to redraw districts in their favor for the next election. But in 2010, something different happened.
April 1, 2020America has the highest incarceration rate of any nation, with almost 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. Statistically, nearly one in 100 Americans is doing time, and, according to the prison reform group, The Sentencing Project, “More than 60% of the people in prison are now racial and ethnic minorities. For Black males in their thirties, 1 in every 10 is in prison or jail on any given day. These trends have been intensified by ...
October 20, 2017In a new case, the Court has the power to end extreme partisan gerrymandering before 2020. But what if it doesn't?
October 20, 2017Thomas Farr's nomination will move to the floor for a vote by the full Senate.
September 28, 2017In terms of numbers, most Americans reject conservative policy positions. So why are Republicans in office?
September 12, 2017The chair of Trump's election integrity commission is clinging hard to debunked claims of illegal voting.
June 7, 2017Lacking even the veneer of bipartisanship, the Kobach Commission represents an assault on basic voting rights.
March 20, 2017The Supreme Court nominee's ties to Hans von Spakovksy suggest a hostility to voting rights.
January 25, 2017He has no mandate. That fact has so unhinged Trump that he is shaming himself and his office by promulgating obvious lies.
