Black Youth Face Disproportionate Incarceration As Racial Disparities Reach New Highs. Studies show Black children are incarcerated at nearly five times the rate of their white peers.

'Youth of color are just not given the leniency.' In 2023, the most recent year for which data is available, Black children were nearly six times more likely to be incarcerated than white children ...

In 6-0 vote described as “historic,” the council adopted a so-called “compromise map” that contains four majority Black council districts and three districts with a majority of white voters.

The nation is dragging itself toward another round of midterm elections, sure that legislative reforms, whether about guns, the environment or economic inequality, are all but useless.

In March, the Black employment-population ratio was above the white employment-population ratio for the first time since at least 1972. The unemployment rate for Black Americans also hit a record ...

A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama approved a map that increases the percentage of Black voters in one of the state’s six majority-white ...

There are eight counties in North Carolina that have a majority Black population, and all are in eastern North Carolina. The new legislative map, enacted in 2023, divides the eight counties into four ...

Alabama's new, court-picked map adds a second congressional district where Black voters' preferred candidate is projected to win a majority of the time. Accessibility links Skip to main content ...

Federal judges ruled Alabama discriminated against Black residents in drawing congressional districts, and now the court must decide whether to require the state receive federal approval of its maps.

The winding fight over Louisiana's congressional redistricting plan began in 2022, when Republican state lawmakers adopted a map consisting of five majority-White House districts and one majority ...