Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

We cannot afford to forget that even though the stories are off the front pages, Trump and Stephen Miller are still executing a harsh, inhumane mass deportation policy. It doesn’t leave Americans any better off. If anything, we are worse off as communities are stripped of people who are an essential part of them. And, we discuss who is profiting from it.

National Immigr...

When we last discussed Alabama, we talked about the fact that it took the state about a nanosecond after Callais to run to the Supreme Court for permission to redraw its maps—to get the “benefit” of Callais—ahead of the midterm elections.

Today, the Supreme Court ruled. There had been speculation that they might delay until after the midterm primary, w...

So many of you wrote to tell me how much you enjoyed getting to know the National Immigration Law Center’s Kica Matos in the Five Questions column last Friday, that it only seemed right to ask her to join us for a Substack Live. We’ll be discussing Immigration law and policy on Tuesday at 12 noon. Join us for lunch, or lunch-ish, depending on where you are.

As we near t...

Here’s what to expect this week:

The Gerrymandering Epidemic Continues

The Supreme Court’s decision in Callais continues to make clear all the reasons we needed, and continue to need, a Voting Rights Act. And it isn’t about protecting white voters. Congress had an entirely different intent when it passed the Act, an intent that DOJ has fo...

Happy Mother’s Day!

Here’s the highlight reel of last week’s posts and events. Grab a cup of coffee and get ready to catch up on anything you missed.