1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

On Martin Luther King Day, we honor his legacy by facing the threats to our democracy. Dr. King wrote “a right delayed is a right denied” and fought for Black Americans’ voting rights. Texas lawmakers recently gerrymandered districts to give white voters three times the power of Latino voters and five times the power of Black voters. A federal court ruled this racial gerrymandering in November 2025, but the Supreme Court allowed it anyway. Trump pardoned nearly 1,500 January 6 rioters, including white supremacist Robert Keith Packer and Hatchet Speed, who discussed plans to “wipe out” American Jews. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders convicted of seditious conspiracy walked free. Meanwhile, peaceful protesters in Minneapolis face DOJ investigation for exercising their First Amendment rights after ICE agent Jonathan Ross killed Renee Good. Federal prosecutors resigned rather than target Good’s widow. Dr. King believed “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice” through peaceful action. Minneapolis residents are proving him right. Defend the progress King died for: — Co-sponsor the Freedom to Vote Act to end partisan gerrymandering nationwide. — Demand an independent investigation into Renee Good’s killing and Trump’s weaponization of the DOJ against elected officials. We’re watching how you respond.