{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"hearthis.at","provider_url":"https:\/\/hearthis.at","height":"150","width":"100%","title":"Geriatricmandering 2026","description":"On April 29 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s right-wing majority issued a ruling that essentially destroyed what was left of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, which the high court had methodically weakened since 2013.  In its 6 to 3 ruling in the Louisiana v. Callais case, the Court severely restricted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, striking down a Louisiana congressional map with two Black-majority districts, making it harder, if not impossible to challenge voting maps as racially discriminatory nationwide. BLACK VOTERS MATTER!","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/img.hearthis.at\/9\/7\/0\/_\/uploads\/76090\/image_track\/14394984\/w1200_h628_q70_ptrue_v2_m1779531576----cropped_1779531568079.jpg?m=1779531576","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":628,"html":"<iframe scrolling=\"no\" id=\"hearthis_at_track_14394984_light\" style=\"border-radius: 10px;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/hearthis.at\/embed\/14394984\/transparent\/?style=2&block_size=2&block_space=2&background=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency><\/iframe>","author_name":"Aunt B","author_url":"https:\/\/hearthis.at\/4jzlwrht\/"}