Post-Callais, Black leaders fear national Democrats are once again treating the assault on their political power as an afterthought.
By
Ed Kilgore,
political columnist for Intelligencer since 2015
Justin Jones protests this year’s gerrymander in Tennessee.
Many view this year’s gerrymandering battles as merely another skirmish between Democrats and Republicans for control of the U.S. House of Representatives. But for some southern Black Democrats, it’s the latest saga in a sad story as old as time.
In an encouraging sign for Black representation, southern Republicans are beginning to fear the wrath of the very voters they…
Post-Callais, Republicans are racing to lock in their power over the region. Democrats have a moral and political obligation to…
Plans to wipe out majority-Black congressional districts failed in South Carolina and were put on hold by a court in Alabama.
The effort is "just the beginning" and could spread beyond state universities...
Democrats want to use black college athletes in the South as political tools to wield against Republicans.
The redistricting frenzy across Republican-controlled Southern states threatens to resurrect some of the gravest racial…
