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New census question damaging for nation

New census question damaging for nation

Kathleen Herbst, Opinion Editor April 13, 2018

The census, which has been around since 1790, is supposed to be a representation of the people who live in our country. It should be representative, a reference for both citizens and legislators to see...

Cartoon by Christopher perez/the Guilfordian

North Carolina redesigns district maps

Hans Oh and Shivam Gandhi September 29, 2017

Earlier this summer, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that North Carolina’s district maps were unconstitutional, as race was considered in their drawing. The NC General Assembly has released its new redistricting...

District divisions affect election

Maksym Kosachevskyy, Staff Writer March 25, 2016

In February, a court ruling threw out two racially gerrymandered North Carolina districts. Since then, Republican legislators have made these dragon-shaped and triangle-shaped areas into solid political...

Guilford County, which includes Guilford College and the city of Greensboro, is located
at the northern end of North Carolina’s 12th Congressional district. District 12 and
district 1 have both been ruled unconstitutional under the 14th amendment. The
districts have been gerrymandered to include a disproportionate amount of people of
color, which minimizes the impact of their votes.

Ruling affects voters in GSO

Ian Penny, World & Nation Editor February 12, 2016

On a map, the 12th Congressional District of North Carolina takes a shape vaguely reminiscent of a dragon, snaking its way north along Interstate 85 from Charlotte to the Piedmont Triad. In the eastern...

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