The GOP Rush to Break Up Majority-Black Districts

From The New York Times.

Republican-controlled legislatures in the South are breaking up majority-Black congressional districts in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that further weakened the Voting Rights Act. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti explains what to know and what this means for the midterm elections.

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