By: Esther Claudette Gittens In September 2025, Missouri Republicans pushed through a controversial redrawing of the state’s congressional map that is almost certainly going to help the GOP gain an extra U.S. House seat. Critics accused it of gerrymandering — drawing district lines to favor one party — and say it dilutes Black and Democratic […]
By: Chris Tobias The decennial census has long been one of the cornerstones of American democracy. Enshrined in the Constitution, the census is designed to count all persons living in the United States, regardless of citizenship or immigration status. Its role is not simply statistical — it is foundational. Census data determines congressional representation, guides […]
By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial credit: Joshua Sukoff / Shutterstock.com On March 22, 2025, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) released a forceful rebuttal to a memo issued by the Trump Administration that accused immigration attorneys of perpetuating “rampant fraud and meritless claims” in asylum and immigration proceedings. The memo, which directs Attorney General […]