[Occupymendocino] Meet the Fortune 500 Companies Funding the Political Resegregation of America

[Mark Safron]

If the government was truly representational the House would have a Democratic majority.
> Over the past four to five years, the United States has been resegregated <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/news/ap/politics/2011/Nov/18/report__black_dems_lose_clout_in_southern_capitols.html>—politically. In states where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans and presidential races can be nail-biters, skillful Republican operatives have mounted racially-minded gerrymandering efforts—the redrawing of congressional and state legislative districts—that have led to congressional delegations stacked with GOP members and yielded Republican majorities in the state legislatures. In North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, to name just three, GOPers have recast state and congressional districts to consolidate black voters into what the political pros call "majority-minority districts" to diminish the influence of these voters.
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> Full Story:
> http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/rslc-redistricting-fortune-500-political-resegregation <http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/rslc-redistricting-fortune-500-political-resegregation>
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