The "new" southern strategy

An in-depth and excellent look at the GOP's redistricting strategy, written by Ari Berman at The Nation.

The use of race in redistricting is just one part of a broader racial strategy used by Southern Republicans to not only make it more difficult for minorities to vote and to limit their electoral influence but to pass draconian anti-immigration laws, end integrated busing, drug-test welfare recipients and curb the ability of death-row inmates to challenge convictions based on racial bias ... The new Southern Strategy, it turns out, isn’t very different from the old one.