Featured image from a cartoon mocking the shape of a Massachusetts gerrymandered district.
In this episode of These Vibes, Professor Sam Wang visited the studio. He’s founder of the Princeton Election Consortium blog, co-host of WooCast’s Politics & Polls, and professor of molecular biology and neuroscience. We discuss his expertise in gerrymandering — what it is, how it came to be such an issue, the current state in elections and the Supreme Court, and what is and can be done to remedy our system.
Science news:
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- Ancient animal and human bone cuts could be the work of crocodile teeth instead of early butchers
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