Birmingham scores a win against state preemption
A federal appeals court handed workers in Birmingham, Alabama, a significant win this week as the city is in a battle against state lawmakers over whether it has the right
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Latinos Are Bringing A Growing Number Of Voting Rights Cases
When talking about voting rights cases, the news media often talks about the big cases that involve gerrymandering, voter identification and redistricting, but a lot of legal action around voting
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The Problem of African American Underrepresentation in City Councils
The shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri brought to light a set of racial injustices in the lived daily experiences of the city’s African American residents. Attempts to understand
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Minority Representation in Local Government and Distributional Outcomes
We explore the impacts of minority representation in local governments on distributional outcomes throughout the cities that they govern. In particular, we take advantage of a unique dataset identifying the
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Fair Representation in Local Government
This article focuses on my work in Illinois to use the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to improve minority representation at the local level, but the themes and findings are applicable
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Black Representation: Making Sense of Electoral Geography at Different Levels of Government
The number of minorities serving in legislatures, councils, and governing boards varies greatly across regions of the country and across levels of government. For example, on the national level, there
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