US Politics
The Georgia Pause: A Temporary Reprieve in the Assault on Voting Rights
Georgia's Republican legislative leaders rejected Governor Brian Kemp's call for a special session to redraw congressional and legislative districts, halting an effort that civil rights activists feared would reduce nonwhite voter representation. This temporary victory for voting rights exposes the ongoing assault on democratic principles by those who would use legal technicalities to dismantle the hard-won protections of the Voting Rights Act.
