US Domestic News Roundup: South Carolina congressional map deliberately hurt Black voters, judges rule; Biden lauds ‘heroes’ of Jan. 6 attacks on second anniversary and more
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 7, 2023
Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.
South Carolina congressional map deliberately hurt Black voters, judges rule
South Carolina's Republican-created congressional map deliberately split up Black neighborhoods in Charleston to diminish their voting power and must be redrawn, a three-judge federal panel ruled on Friday. The Republican-controlled legislature adopted the map last year after the 2020 U.S. Census as part of the once-a-decade redistricting process that all states complete.
