In Tuskegee, Alabama — a city without a hospital, where most residents are Black and poverty runs deep — a Supreme Court ruling has quietly shifted the ground beneath a fragile but real political victory. Shomari Figures, the first Black congressman to represent this region in modern history, secured federal funding and a seat at the table within a single year; now, a redrawn district engineered by Alabama Republicans threatens to erase both. The story is older than the man at its center: it is the recurring American negotiation over who gets to be counted, who gets to be heard, and what happe
Tuskegee fears losing federal aid if congressman loses redrawn seat
Black residents in rural Alabama communities face disproportionate poverty (57% in Eufaula vs. 13% for white residents) and lack access to basic healthcare, with redistricting threatening to eliminate their congressional representation and federal funding.