Redistricting Democracy Away

THIS WEEK: Redistricting Democracy Away

Redistricting? What to say?

All hell has broken loose.

Here’s some background:

What’s redistricting and gerrymandering, anyway?

Do other democracies do this?

Why did the Roberts Court hate the Voting Rights Act?

So, what was the Voting Rights Act, anyway?

Was Calais an election-denier?

Are we really post-racial?

Post-racial era begins

Nope, post-racial is a myth

Where can I get state-specific info?

HERE

Play the game: Can you gerrymander your party to power?

STORY IDEAS

We’re going to go out on a limb and suggest that the most important stories on local redistricting efforts will:

• Inform communities about how rare it is for other democracies to do all this redistricting

• Explore how much race plays into this

• Show the impact that this is going to have on voters

• Unpack why this has become such a thing in the first place

• Include stories of how this will impact actual voters

• Consider the troubling past of the man who filed the complaint that the Supreme Court used to basically dismantle what was left of the Voting Rights Act

Also in the News:

Trump states the obvious

The AI reporters got fired

“My admiration is not increasing” — says German Chancellor (re: USA)

We’re Reading:

The Fight to Vote

by Michael Waldman

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