A blue wave helped offset for now a falling tally of Black members in the U.S. House

"A blue wave helped offset for now a falling tally of Black members in the U.S. House" #ELB

NPR: A U.S. Supreme Court ruling this year that further weakened the Voting Rights Act raised the possibility of a record drop in Black representation in Congress. But a Democratic blue wave in the midterm elections helped forestall such a … Continue reading “A blue wave helped offset for now a falling tally of Black members in the U.S. House” →

A blue wave helped offset for now a falling tally of Black members in the U.S. House

A Supreme Court ruling that further weakened the Voting Rights Act paved the way for a record drop in Black representation in Congress. But a midterm blue wave helped hold off such a decline for now.