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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T09:02:01.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Voting Rights Act (1965)",
    "United States Politics and Government",
    "Redistricting and Reapportionment",
    "Civil Rights and Liberties",
    "Black People",
    "Conservatism (US Politics)",
    "Elections, House of Representatives",
    "Democratic Party",
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  "textContent": "The “majority-minority” House districts struck down by the Supreme Court last week sent a surge of Black and Hispanic lawmakers to Congress. They also opened opportunities for the G.O.P.",
  "title": "How Minority Districts Fueled the G.O.P.’s Southern Ascendancy in Congress"
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