Tag Archives: Gerrymandering

At a spirited hearing Monday, Republican lawmakers in North Carolina made a last-minute plea to keep in place two congressional districts that were recently struck down in federal court for racial gerrymandering. Lawmakers spoke to voters at five locations throughout the state via teleconference, saying that they would do everything …

In his final State Of The Union Speech, President Obama sought to close the final chapter of his historic presidency with many policy urges. In a second term that has come to define a progressive legacy not seen since LBJ, the President laid out an agenda that included many new …