Legislation Aims to Base Political Representation Solely on Citizen Population, Citing "Perverse Incentive" of Current System ...

Alabama's second congressional district now stretches across the state, and includes much of the mostly Black cities of Mobile, on the Gulf Coast, and Montgomery, the state capitol.

A federal court ruled that the congressional district map drawn by the Alabama legislature was unconstitutional, ordering that it use the court-drawn map from the 2024 election.. The Thursday ...

Two majority Black cities in Alabama now have Black representation in Congress because of court-ordered redistricting. The progress comes as President Trump pulls back federal diversity initiatives.

Historically, Alabama systematically disenfranchised Black voters. It wasn't until well after the Civil Rights Era, in 1992, that the state elected its first Black representative to Congress since ...

Alabama's second congressional district now stretches across the state, and includes much of the mostly Black cities of Mobile, on the Gulf Coast, and Montgomery, the state capitol.