The 2026 midterm will be a referendum on the direction of our country, but without the fair and complete participation of Black voters and communities of color, next fall’s election will not truly reflect the voice of the people.
Unfortunately, in granting a stay in the Texas redistricting case and allowing Texas’s 2025 maps to stand, the Supreme Court all but guaranteed this outcome, leaving Black and Brown communities without fair representation in the process. In the wake of the Court’s recent decision, eligible Texas voters in multiple congressional districts will vote in November using maps a three-judge federal district court found were racially gerrymandered. The Court has once again shortchanged the right most essential to a functioning democracy: the right to vote. Read more at wordinblack.com.
