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3/23/2022
15 : 24
2022 Redistricting Update
Four states still have yet to validate new districts while 14 currently face gerrymandering lawsuits before finalizing new maps.
3/21/2022
13 : 34
Sequoyah: The Native American State
A statehood movement borne out of forced relocation and removal.
3/17/2022
17 : 14
Connecticut: A Single 'Special Master' Draws Districts... Again
For the second decade in a row, Nathaniel Persily draws the contours of Connecticut's congressional boundaries.
3/15/2022
17 : 14
Rhode Island: The "Trump Line" Persists
Rhode Island's true blue hue is being threatened by inland Republican voters in RI-02.
3/14/2022
16 : 24
Maine: Cooperation Leads to Competition
Maine's unique political landscape places this remote state at the center of attention during election season.
3/11/2022
18 : 34
Westsylvania: The Fourteenth Colony
Colonialism, tax evasion and a whole lot of bourbon whiskey.
3/10/2022
1 : 26
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3/8/2022
19 : 4
North Carolina: Court-Ordered Competition
The Supreme Court rejects Republicans' request for their own maps, finalizing court-drawn districts for North Carolina. The new map makes several districts more competitive.
3/7/2022
21 : 44
Florida: To Discriminate or Not to Discriminate?
A majority-Black district divides Florida Republicans in redistricting.
3/3/2022
18 : 54
Absaroka: The Mount Rushmore State
Leading the nation in natural beauty and coal mines.
3/1/2022
22 : 14
Texas: Kicking Off the 2022 Elections
Democrats may be a little too obsessed with South Texas.
2/28/2022
19 : 54
Redistricting Recap: The Black Belt
A flurry of lawsuits complicates the redistricting process across the Deep South.
2/24/2022
15 : 14
Race in America: The Black Panther Party
Dissecting how African Americans organized politically after the Civil Rights Movement and how their embrace of the 2nd Amendment threatened the political establishment.
2/22/2022
15 : 14
Race in America: The Southern Strategy
How Republicans went from whispering racism to saying the quiet part out loud.
2/20/2022
10 : 24
Redistricting Recap: Democrats Strike Back
Democrats risk safe seats in hopes of capturing new ones.
2/20/2022
10 : 14
Redistricting Recap: 20 Down, 30 to Go
A total of 16 states still have yet to approve new congressional districts.
2/20/2022
10 : 14
Battleground Celebrates Black History Month
Spotlighting the African American experience and how it will shape America's future.
2/20/2022
10 : 4
Alabama: Certifiably Gerrymandered
Racial gerrymandering is alive and well in the American South.
2/20/2022
10 : 4
North Carolina: Republicans' "Race-Blind" Map Found Unconstitutional
The State Supreme Court agreed that the map presents an unfair partisan gerrymander, providing remedy to an additional case alleging racial gerrymandering.
2/20/2022
10 : 4
South Carolina: The Corridor of Shame
Republicans make few changes to the state's original congressional district map.