Texas has grown at an astonishing rate, with people of color accounting for most of that population growth. Texas lawmakers are now hard at work drafting maps to diminish the political might of these new residents.

News Editor Mike Clark-Madison wrote about redistricting in this week’s issue, and he joined me on the radio this week to drill into why redistricting matters and how Republican mapmakers in the Texas Legislature are “packing and cracking” blue voters to limit their political power.

In the second half of the program, Culture Editor Richard Whittaker hops on to preview Fantastic Fest, the nation’s leading genre film fest now underway at Alamo Drafthouses around town.

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This article appears in September 24 • 2021.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...