Dear Mother Jones Reader:
It’s been just over a month since the US Supreme Court gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and the fallout has been staggering. Southern states have moved with alarming speed to redraw their congressional maps in time for the 2026 midterm election and in the process moved to eliminate majority-Black and Democratic districts in Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama.
To help make sense of the Supreme Court’s decision, the fallout from it, and what people are doing to counter it, I’d like to invite you to join our timely online discussion on Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT with Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman and Supreme Court reporter Pema Levy. You can register for the discussion here.
Ari and Pema are two of the smartest, most expert journalists I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with, and they have been reporting the hell out of this story and its impact—and unlike some in the media, they are not sugarcoating or softpedaling what’s going on.
I hope you can join us as they share what they’ve learned in their reporting, what is yet to come, and where there is momentum for genuine change in this area. You can register for the Tuesday, June 9, event here. Once you register, you will receive an email with the Zoom link.
Onward,
