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US southern states rush to redraw electoral maps to dilute Black voting power https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/southern-states-redistricting-electoral-maps-black-voting-power #UsVotingRights #UsNews #UsSupremeCourt #Democrats #Republicans #UsPolitics #UsCongress #HouseOfRepresentatives

Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voting Rights Act is 'evil' – Stateside with Kai and Carter https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2026/may/13/stacey-abrams-voting-rights-act #StaceyAbrams #UsSupremeCourt #UsVotingRights #Louisiana #UsNews #UsPolitics

Mississippi governor cancels special legislative session to redraw state supreme court maps https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/mississippi-governor-cancel-supreme-court-map-redraw #Mississippi #UsVotingRights #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsNews

South Carolina Republicans defy Trump’s demands for redistricting https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/south-carolina-republicans-defy-trump-redistricting #UsPolitics #SouthCarolina #TrumpAdministration #UsVotingRights #UsNews #UsMidtermElections2026

The supreme court’s takedown of American democracy is complete | Austin Sarat https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/supreme-court-citizens-united-voting #UsVotingRights #UsSupremeCourt #UsNews #UsCongress #JohnRoberts #SamuelAlito

The next Voting Rights Act must outlaw gerrymandering | Jamil Smith https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/10/the-next-voting-rights-act-must-outlaw-gerrymandering #UsVotingRights #Tennessee #Virginia #UsSupremeCourt #UsMidtermElections2026 #Mississippi #Louisiana #UsPolitics #UsNews

‘We’re going backwards’: Five civil rights activists slam the supreme court’s gutting of Voting Rights Act https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/activists-supreme-court-voting-rights-act #UsNews #CivilRightsMovement #UsSupremeCourt #UsVotingRights #Race #BlackUsCulture

‘This is not democracy’: voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/voting-rights-activists-louisiana-callais-black-voters #UsVotingRights #Race #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsNews #UsPolitics #Law #UsJusticeSystem

US supreme court justices not ‘political’, John Roberts says amid backlash https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/07/john-roberts-supreme-court-political-actors #UsSupremeCourt #UsPolitics #UsNews #UsVotingRights #DonaldTrump #JohnRoberts

Mississippi house to hold redistricting session at site of Jim Crow era capitol https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/mississippi-redistricting-old-capitol #Mississippi #Race #UsNews #UsVotingRights

Voting rights groups sue to block Louisiana from suspending primary elections https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/01/louisiana-jeff-landry-election-suspension #Louisiana #UsVotingRights #UsJusticeSystem #LawUs #UsNews #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsPolitics #HouseOfRepresentatives #UsCongress

Louisiana postpones primaries as states rush to redraw districts after supreme court ruling https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/states-redistricting-maps-voting-rights-act #UsVotingRights #HouseOfRepresentatives #Race #UsSupremeCourt #UsConstitutionAndCivilLiberties #UsCongress #UsPolitics #UsJusticeSystem #LawUs #Law #UsNews

Louisiana claims supreme court voting rights decision means it cannot carry out primaries with current electoral maps – live https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/apr/30/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-ruling-louisiana-primary-election-live #UsVotingRights #UsNews #Louisiana #CivilRightsMovement #DonaldTrump #UsSupremeCourt

California sheriff seizes more ballot materials in defiance of state officials https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/27/chad-bianco-california-ballots-voter-fraud #California #UsPolicing #WestCoast #UsNews #Republicans #UsVotingRights #UsPolitics

Bernard LaFayette, civil rights leader who helped launch Voting Rights Act, dies aged 85 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/bernard-lafayette-civil-rights-leader-dies #CivilRightsMovement #UsVotingRights #UsNews #UsPolitics #Race

‘One of America’s greatest patriots’: US political leaders pay tribute to Jesse Jackson https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/jesse-jackson-death-tribute #JesseJackson #UsNews #CivilRightsMovement #UsPolitics #KamalaHarris #DonaldTrump #UsVotingRights #Democrats