Voting rights advocates regroup as Callais decision threatens Black representation
With “the crown jewel” of civil rights legislation gutted by the U.S. Supreme Court, and possibly the seats of 20 Black members of Congress at stake in November, voting rights advocates on Wednesday called for a makeover of the nation’s highest court. The court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais was “a calamity” that erased equal […]
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