Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically talented teens. Campers contemplated notions such as how to prove whether a ...

Part of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act says that you cannot gerrymander based on the color of someone's skin.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Locally and nationally, redistricting has been high on the minds of politicians and citizens alike as the country inches closer to the 2026 midterm elections. As in most ...

Some longtime opponents of partisan gerrymandering are reconsidering their strategies in the wake of the controversial redistricting fights that President Trump has sparked in Texas and other states.

A North Carolina lawmaker studies a district map during a joint select committee meeting on redistricting, July 26, 2017, in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina legislators are once again mapping the state’s ...

Americans are broadly opposed to political gerrymandering, but polls show even Democrats are coming around to the idea as the redistricting battle between the parties has intensified over the summer.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Lawmakers are turning their attention to Missouri's congressional map as critics call the proposed changes illegal gerrymandering that would weaken Kansas City's political ...

New York State is a case study in Democrats’ failure to understand the evolving political landscape. People gather outside the Supreme Court as it hears arguments for the landmark gerrymandering case ...

After a whirlwind week in politics, New York Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis is weighing in on gerrymandering fights and more twists in the New York City mayor's race. Malliotakis, the city's lone ...

Oscar winner Jeff Reichert, who directed the landmark documentary critiquing the practice, now believes Democrats should use it given an "existential moment for democracy." By Steven Zeitchik Senior ...

In his farewell address published Sept. 17, 1796, President George Washington warned, “[p]artisanship is like a fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a ...