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Tag Archives: gerrymander

michael li, gerrymandering

by Michael Barajas

Redistricting Guru Michael Li on Texas’ Gerrymandered Maps

Li, who grew up in Texas, has followed Texas’ seven-year legal fight to dilute minority voting power from the beginning.

Mon, Apr 23, 2018 |

The Texas Legislature is racist. Specifically, Texas lawmakers knowingly and intentionally pass voting laws that disproportionately harm minorities. Nine federa...Read More

Blake Farenthold

by Michael Barajas

Blake Farenthold and the Consequences of Extreme Gerrymandering

How the Corpus Christi Republican, who abruptly resigned from Congress this week, benefited from a discriminatory redistricting plan that’s now before the Supreme Court.

Thu, Apr 19, 2018 |

Blake Farenthold’s frat bro image started with a photo from an adult pajama party that surfaced a month before his unlikely rise to Congress in 2010. Thanks t...Read More

Loon Star State: Shame

Wed, Jan 17, 2018 |

To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, visit our Loon Star State section, or find Observer political reporting here....Read More

Loon Star State: Gerrymandering in Texas

Mon, Jun 19, 2017 |

Ben Sargent In the latest Loon Star State, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ben Sargent takes on the Texas GOP’s practice of gerrymandering, which has b...Read More

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