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    Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court dealt a severe blow to Black and Latino minorities in Louisiana, issuing a ruling that weakens the protections of the Voting Rights Act. The decision also legitimizes an aggressive redistricting effort in favor of the Republican Party that will dilute Black electoral power across the South, and by its broad reach, it strikes Latino voters equally. Days later, in Virginia, the state Supreme Court struck down a redistricting plan approved just weeks earlier by refe
     

Janet MurguΓ­a: β€˜The threat is not only for immigrants, but for all Americans’

23 May 2026 at 04:00

Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court dealt a severe blow to Black and Latino minorities in Louisiana, issuing a ruling that weakens the protections of the Voting Rights Act. The decision also legitimizes an aggressive redistricting effort in favor of the Republican Party that will dilute Black electoral power across the South, and by its broad reach, it strikes Latino voters equally. Days later, in Virginia, the state Supreme Court struck down a redistricting plan approved just weeks earlier by referendum, nullifying an electoral map redesign that would have allowed Democrats to gain seats through multiracial coalitions. Until then, recapturing the House of Representatives in November’s midterms had seemed almost certain. Now, no one is so sure.

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Janet MurguΓ­a, CEO of UnidosUS, in September 2023.

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Minneapolis mayor, six months after Trump’s takeover of his city: β€˜The danger of a new invasion still exists’

Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis, on May 19 in Washington.

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Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis, pictured during his interview with EL PAÍS.Faces of the Minneapolis protests. Top row, from left: Sarah Chargin, Mike Camilleri, Abe Eversman, Josiah Myeog, Julie Prokes and Lesley Ernst. Bottom row, also from left: Nekima Levy Armstrong, Jim Winterer, Una Rana Cualquiera (β€œAny Frog”), Cathy Anderson, Joey Keillor and Rogelio Aguilar.
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