Reporting from Sacramento — As the U.S. Supreme Court considers its role in forcing states to draw fair political maps, Californians know well how the process can be manipulated. They saw it ...

In a remarkably acrimonious process that deepened simmering racial tensions, a bitterly divided Boston City Council on Wednesday created a new political map that aims to amplify the political ...

City Councilor Michael Flaherty took the stand against his colleagues Tuesday, arguing they improperly took race into account when drawing the city’s new political map last fall, as he provided ...