{"id":69438,"date":"2026-05-16T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/16\/the-entire-south-is-on-fire-black-southern-democrats-warn-that-minority-majority-legislative-districts-are-at-risk-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:00:00","slug":"the-entire-south-is-on-fire-black-southern-democrats-warn-that-minority-majority-legislative-districts-are-at-risk-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/16\/the-entire-south-is-on-fire-black-southern-democrats-warn-that-minority-majority-legislative-districts-are-at-risk-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The entire South is on fire\u2019: Black Southern Democrats warn that minority-majority legislative districts are at risk &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxOcWx5dm5PRHhhT1pEZ1RyQzJ0ZzZGSjNGS3NSWkZwWlBCaUdfbVBxT1hxTVZ0dlg1Tkk1RHd2dFpZT0g4QmVnTEV1N0VBZkx6WEJiS1hzb291cWwzS1Z2SGVzbVM0bzItOFBSTUltZ3dwSGVRVUxTdFJmVU96YUFhX1dQUmRVNEVUVUpXWmNid0V5UW8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018The entire South is on fire\u2019: Black Southern Democrats warn that minority-majority legislative districts are at risk<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE9tcXg1dHcwV3lWVHlsUGZBMFByWmpaWDZFelRndWNvVFRwTEEzX09DNFZiYmRIb0d3Y01BcDhWeUoyNDE5RU5xTjZiUFNBRU1EZjcycXJOWWFYdFpmRWMzdFZZODJBdFE4X3hwNWtXTEZnaUNRdVpwV3BuQmNVbW8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Fundamentally, I\u2019m a Southerner:\u2019 How a SCOTUS ruling complicates Black voters\u2019 sense of place<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">MS NOW<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxQUXFnN0FFcDhudmt4SExYX1BmU2pHNFlxYmtFcHp3SWVTNnd2cTM5RnY0dGJPQk5hdVZvXzhBVUZDTDh4T2ZwbWxvclREVHlrNXU2d0JaZUZwQ29RYTVKUDNqMkVfUnI3OHRWekNxNW1EdkRHQkRySzZMQnJFSUNyQ1VpZ0hwMHd5OG90REVFUFh0U1NhQmkwY0FaSVZNQXhsMmZhVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Why the Supreme Court&#8217;s voting rights ruling could play a big role at the local level<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxOVzIxUEprbGxkbEEzQl8zSlNNT3dLTjJiZHJFUm8tWmNiMU1FZmtxeno1WWRJRDlOa3l3MTM3VmFKeWpkckZjMll6X2F1TFFMNkpZOGx1NTN5UEx1aUFqS1dNb21GVlY3dUVENGVKZXVYR0wyX250bTFWZU5acEdIMUJoTDNEeWs5aVNlTEpVZFRQdkQ4Sy1aSnh2Nzg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court Sets Off Gerrymandering Frenzy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Brennan Center for Justice<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxNb0dEdy1aRkhaYXlmOW1ialpDOGFQcWZYNUhVOG8ydHJ6VC1ZcW93WFkwa181MW9IekkxNU1GLWRtajVZbGxGdjdCaGc3dGRNUzlkWDNPUnk2dEh3Rm1qQmx1TERSWXFBUGxlOVBvWjcybmVIVHBEc2RTTnUzTG5QQzhZbjRzckJueGNlRWotZ29fMzNC?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">With Timing of Voting Rights Decision, Supreme Court Chose a Political Scramble<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018The entire South is on fire\u2019: Black Southern Democrats warn that minority-majority legislative districts are at risk&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico \u2018Fundamentally, I\u2019m a Southerner:\u2019 How a SCOTUS ruling&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/16\/the-entire-south-is-on-fire-black-southern-democrats-warn-that-minority-majority-legislative-districts-are-at-risk-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}