Some States Are More Antidemocracy Than Others. Guess Where They Are? (opens in new tab)

On Tuesday, federal judges blocked an attempt by Alabama Republicans to eliminate a heavily Black congressional district, and GOP politicians in South Carolina opted not to eliminate longtime Representative James Clyburn’s district. But those decisions don’t diminish what’s happened over the last few weeks: In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais ruling, Southern Republicans have moved swiftly to remove as many Black lawmakers from Congress as possible. That callous approach m...