A week after the conservative majority U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais ruling, former Confederate states ruled by majority-Republican state legislatures didn’t waste any time targeting their majority-Black districts — weakening Black political power and representation. In Louisiana v. Callais, the Court changed Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to require proof of […]
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Dreisen Heath is an internationally recognized reparations researcher, policy expert, and human rights advocate. She is the Principal of Heath Strategies & Consulting LLC, has provided expert testimony to U.S. Congress as well as state and municipal governments, and advises on reparations efforts at the federal, state, county, and local level.