In the heart of the Old South, compact majority-Black districts are being supplanted by elongated majority-white ones.
Law & Justice
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John Roberts Is Starting to Sweat
The reactionary hacks on the Supreme Court might have gone too far this time.
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The Court Didn’t Just Disenfranchise Blacks. It Also Disenfranchised Cities.
The Republican redistrictings strip cities of congressional representation.
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ICE Wants to Reopen the Crumbling Federal Prison Dubbed ‘Rape Club’
The infamous prison was closed two years ago following revelations of rampant sexual abuse.
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History Teaches: Reproductive Rights and Equality
A court in Pennsylvania gets it right, and the Fifth Circuit gets it wrong.
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The Mifepristone Ruling Revives Pro-Choice Politics
A federal court’s ban on the mailing of abortion medication once again demonstrates the unpopularity of anti-abortion zealotry.
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Turning Civil Rights Inside Out
The Supreme Court has now invited racial gerrymandering, as merely political and thus beyond judicial challenge.
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Pennsylvania Race Pits Corporate Defender Against Union Organizer
Ryan Crosswell is running to represent Pennsylvania’s Seventh District after a career helping bosses fight their workers.
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Bayer ‘Turns Over Every Stone’ to Stiff Roundup Cancer Victims
An executive order signed by President Trump may further shield the company from legal liability.
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Bayer Banks on Congress for Permanent Roundup Immunity
A bill preventing states and local governments from issuing warnings about the risks of pesticides is on track to pass the House.