Nearly as catchy as “Fifty Nifty United States” and undoubtedly more edifying than a semester in Mr. Lewis’s fourth period social studies class: ProPublica’s newest video music explainer, this one on the complicated and timely topic of redistricting. Visually and musically it’s something like YoGabbaGabba! meets DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince meets, maybe, Eminem— with guitar solo by Slash. (Noted: no attempt was made to rhyme with “gerrymandering.”)
Watch and learn (and move):
You prefer good old text? ProPublica has that, too—both a handy glossary and, from late September, an investigation of the money behind redistricting. Both recommended reads.
Liz Cox Barrett is a writer at CJR.