Two Black voters are arguing that state lawmakers violated the Voting Rights Act by “cracking” a majority Black Senate ...

It’s House Bill 20, the Fair Maps Act. It would amend the North Carolina Constitution to require that legislative and ...

A federal lawsuit accusing North Carolina lawmakers of racial gerrymandering is heading to trial this week. Two Black voters ...

Republicans have been winning an asymmetric war over district lines for decades. To preserve democracy, their opponents will ...

With the rise of partisan gerrymandering of North Carolina’s General Assembly and congressional districts, the lament that ...

A North Carolina judge upheld decisions by election officials to reject protests against 60,000 votes in a close state ...

Three new bills have been filed in the State House to change how district elections and voting cycles operate. The Fair Maps Act proposes the creation of an independent group to draw legislative ...

Efforts to challenge partisan gerrymandering in state courts in red states have been mixed at best. In North Carolina, where Republicans effectively gave themselves permanent control of the state ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Rep. John Torbett of Gaston County talks with Rep. Grey Mills of Iredell County ...

A federal lawsuit accusing North Carolina lawmakers of racial gerrymandering is heading to trial this week. Two Black voters will make their case that the Republican-crafted state Senate map ...

By Gene Nichol We stand at a moment of peril in North Carolina. The Republican-dominated General Assembly, aided and abetted by the most partisan state supreme court in America, has deployed extreme ...