NAACP Sues Over Tennessee’s New Congressional Map

Congress should make Green Book readiness a precondition for emergency disbursement authority across lending, grant and direct payment programs.

The NAACP on Wednesday alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court that Tennessee’s new congressional map intentionally discriminates on the basis of race. The legal action follows lawmakers’ decision to carve out the state’s only majority-Black district through a Republican-friendly map that threat