![IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT that you are a 25-year-old Black woman living in Mississippi; let’s call you Jasmine. You are working as a cashier in a grocery store — it is one of the best opportunities you have found since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began. You and your unemployed partner are trying to make ends meet with one income and one unemployment check; meanwhile, any semblance of a savings account dwindles. Though you have been very diligent about birth control, […]](https://i1.wp.com/chicagopolicyreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/iStock-1205211705.jpg?resize=1400%2C912&ssl=1)
![Once data from the 2020 Census becomes available, the United States is set to undergo redistricting, which will undoubtedly influence the levels of minority representation in government. Historically, most Black and Latino candidates have been elected in districts where minorities make up a large share of the population, known as “majority-minority” districts. Groups like the NAACP have advocated for the drawing of majority-minority districts to guarantee Black representation in Congress. The problem with these districts, however, is that they concentrate […]](https://i0.wp.com/chicagopolicyreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/©-Mariana-Cook-2010.jpg?resize=1000%2C651&ssl=1)
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