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State to receive extra congressional district after winning court battle – but advocates must convince Black voters to turn out

State to receive extra congressional district after winning court battle – but advocates must convince Black voters to turn out

By Barrington M. Salmon | NNPA Newswire Contributor - A trio of federal judges chose a new congressional map for Alabama after almost two years of protracted skirmishes in state, federal and US Supreme courts, but activists are still concerned about the potential for white supremacy and racial gerrymandering in the state legislature, while others are calling for more voter education and voter registration.

“Alabama’s defiance is striking and nearly unprecedented in this country’s history. A recent report offers important color and context,” said Alex Aronson, a judicial accountability advocate and former chief counsel to US Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. “This is not an organic development. Legislators are not acting or making strategy independently. There is a billion-dollar force which has been entrenched in the judiciary. About $600 million has been spent to control the composition of the c...

By Barrington M. Salmon, NNPA Newswire Contributor Last week, a trio of federal judges chose a new congressional map for Alabama after almost two years of protracted skirmishes in state, federal and US Supreme courts. Plaintiffs, including the NAACP, ACLU, Shalela Dowdy and Evan Milligan, had filed suit to challenge a new congressional district map

In June, the US supreme court upheld a decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional map – but state Republicans ignored the mandate

Labor and community leaders from two states called on Hyundai America CEO José Muñoz to put a Community Benefits Agreement in place.

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Republicans, positioning themselves as the ones who can protect freedoms that they say are actively under attack, lindsey. >> okay, ali, thank you for that reporting. the republican-led legislature of alabama is currently swearing off against the u.s. supreme court over its congressional map. the legislature refusing to create a new map that includes a second majority black district or by the court in a state where nearly 30% of the states population is black. meanwhile, in a small town of new b...