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Through new and expansive assertions of privilege, Republican legislatures around the country are shielding their work on allegedly discriminatory voting maps to prevent the

This article was originally published at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Eva Bonilla grows furious when she thinks about how Latino…

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Eva Bonilla grows furious when she thinks about how Latino voters are treated by the Republican power structure in Texas. At 74, the small business owner watched the GOP Legislature pass a series of measures like a voter ID law that she felt would make it harder for Latinos to cast ballots or run for public office. Two years ago, serving as the leader of a Hispanic women’s group in Fort Worth, she decided to strike back. The Republican

Through new and expansive assertions of privilege, Republican legislatures around the country are shielding their work on allegedly discriminatory voting maps to prevent the public from finding out how and why they made their decisions.

When Lon Burnam, Doreen Geiger, and several civic-minded locals founded the nonpartisan Water District Accountability Project in early 2021, the short-term goal was to raise public awareness of and monitor dealings at the governmental group tasked with providing water to more than 70 municipalities across 11 North