Month: May 2026

CBS News | May 7, 2026 “Tennessee’s Republican lawmakers on Thursday approved redrawing the state’s congressional map to carve up the lone Democratic represented district, the latest state to scramble to redistrict as both parties seek control of the U.S. House in November.” “The new map splits Memphis, a Black majority city, and the county…

The New York Times | May 2, 2026 By Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan “With its decision this week in Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court gutted a core part of the Voting Rights Act, Congress’s landmark prohibition on voting rules that have the effect of excluding people of color from the political process. And…

The New York Times | April 30, 2026 The central tenet of American democracy is the right to vote. But in practice, for Black voters, especially in the South, it wasn’t until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that their access to the voting booth was fundamentally improved. The law eradicated many Jim Crow-era intimidation…

NC Newsline | May 5, 2026 North Carolina Congressman Chuck Edwards is subject to a House Ethics investigation. Details on the investigation are limited, but this marks a significant development for the Republican representative from North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District.

Slate | May 5, 2026 Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing a slate of bills through the state Legislature framed as “right-sizing” the state’s judicial system. But they are hard to see as anything more than an effort to punish the majority-Black, majority-Democratic New Orleans voters for making decisions state officials dislike, and to…

NewsChannel 5 Investigates | May 6, 2026 The U.S. Department of Justice appears to be preparing to drop a nearly two-year criminal investigation of Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles, agreeing to return or destroy evidence seized from him. The criminal investigation had focused on potential fraud involving campaign finance reports filed by the Maury County Republican…