A special congressional election in Tennessee this week highlights the power and consequences of partisan gerrymandering.

From urban cores to rural regions, Texans' needs differ. Experts say districts encompassing geographically distant ...

Tarrant County's Republican commissioners redrew the precinct map in their own favor this year, leading to two lawsuits ...

Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) is now endorsing a plan to expand the state Supreme Court following the Utah GOP's unanimous ...

You asked, now Newsweek answers. There is a clash at the heart of 2025's redistricting fights, and it's bigger than the president.

The Department of Justice backed Texas on Monday, arguing that the new map the state’s Republican-led legislature approved ...

Gerrymandering efforts in Indiana are not only unfair; they're unconstitutional. Continued opposition is essential to making a difference.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

I have spent most of my life with my feet planted on somebody’s street, marching for somebody’s right to be heard. Long before my hair turned gray, before my knees started reminding me of the miles ...

Gerrymander: a word whose meaning and etymology were learned in high school civics class 75 years ago and was regarded as “history.” It’s alive, however, and venomous. Our Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ...

As President Donald Trump laid it out to reporters this summer, the plan was simple. Republicans, the president said, were “entitled” to five more conservative-leaning U.S. House seats in Texas and ...

As if the gerrymandering arms race weren’t already approaching DEFCON 1, a pending Supreme Court ruling this year could tempt more states to join the fray. White voters who brought suit claimed the ...