Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically ...

The example Trump has set this year, and a potential Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act, could make gerrymandering an annual sport.

These extreme maps may not be likely, but they might soon be legal, with temptations to go further than ever before.

With a citizen-led independent redistricting commission, California has long championed taking politicians out of the ...

When Democratic lawmakers left Texas on Aug. 3 to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state's congressional districts, it marked the latest episode in a long national ...

Members of California’s voter-created redistricting commission differ over an attempted gerrymander. They share a deep pride in their even-handedness, which took more than a year of effort. For ...

Ohio’s Republican lawmakers are about to return from vacation with gerrymandering on their minds, ready to further entrench their power through congressional redistricting. But as discussed Friday on ...

What the Republicans did is called gerrymandering, a centuries-old practice of creating legislative districts that favor one party over another. Both political parties do it when they can.

Many voters told NPR they like that California's redistricting measure provides the Democratic-leaning state a rare ...

Do you want to stop gerrymandering in Ohio? It's a question that backers of Ohio Issue 1 want voters to answer with an enthusiastic "yes" on their constitutional amendment this fall. Meanwhile, ...

When Democratic lawmakers left Texas to try to prevent the Republican-led Legislature from redrawing the state’s congressional districts, it marked the latest episode in a long national history of ...