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MORIAL: New Jersey Does the Right Thing for Diverse Communities
The census is one of the most powerful tools the African American community has to claim our rightful voice in…
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Gerrymandering Stymies Tougher Gun Laws: Report
In a new report, CAP researchers found that states could save lives by passing tougher gun laws, but partisan gerrymandering…
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Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Prisoner Gerrymandering
Almost a decade ago, Rep. Lacy Clay expressed concern about those who are housed in federal penal institutions not be…
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Voter Suppression a Lasting Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
New U.S. Census data projects that in 2045 the United States will be “minority white,” and with several factors considered,…
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Eric Holder to Address Partisan Gerrymandering at NAACP Convention
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will serve as the keynote speaker on Monday, July 24 for the Clarence Mitchell…
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Republican Lawmaker Says Inmates Key to Defeating Corrine Brown
TALLAHASSEE (Politico) — In a private gathering during last month’s Republican Party of Florida quarterly meeting, state Rep. Janet Adkins…
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Judges Assigned to Rule on Makeup of Corrine Brown’s Congressional District
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After the Florida Republican-dominated state legislature failed to redraw Rep. Corrine…
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Brown: Court Should Stop Lawmakers from Redrawing District
MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown went to court Thursday to stop Florida lawmakers…
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Court Ruling Spurs Backers’ Hopes for Redistricting Changes
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Groups hoping to squeeze partisan politics out of how states shape congressional districts…
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Supreme Court Upholds Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission
Samantha Lachman, HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON (Huffington Post) — The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday that a voter-approved independent…
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