How Republicans Are Breaking Up Majority-Black Districts (opens in new tab)

The Supreme Court’s decision weakening the Voting Rights Act in late April allowed Republicans to go after more Democratic-held House districts — changes that effectively targeted areas where Black voters form the majority. Republicans say the scramble to redraw their states’ congressional maps — the latest move in a lengthy tit-for-tat redistricting battle with Democrats — focused only on partisan advantage, not race. But the effort angered many Black Democrats, who accused conservatives of ...