Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress ^75.2%

NPR - By Hansi Lo Wang - 4/30/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 39.4% - Hasty Generalization 29% - Appeal to Emotion 25.4%

A historic drop in representation by Black members of Congress may be on the way after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision Wednesday to further weaken the Voting Rights Act. Now that the high court's conservative majority has reinterpreted longstanding provisions against racial discrimination under Section 2 of the Voting Rights... more