Bill Mims News Today

Standing before the crowd at the ARC of Virginia rally, Juan Rivas was choked up, struggling to find the heartfelt words he needed – turning to a friend, Peter Carrington for help, his whispered them. “Juan just wants to say: ‘thank you,’” Carrington told the several hundred gathered there

In stripping most lawmakers of their power to draw legislative and congressional boundaries, Virginians last year believed they were dragging the dark art of redistricting into the sunlight. It’s about