| Ari Berman posts an intelligent and comprehensive article on the GOPs success gerrymandering the South with the use of "bleaching" and "packing" following the 2010 Census effectively isolating African-American voters in heavily majority-black districts, reducing or eliminating their influence in majority-white districts. |
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