The plot against democracy: how Texas Republicans plan to steal power from minority voters
by Sam Levine in Sugar Land, Texas from on (#5Q47K)
The political and demographic future of America will look like what Fort Bend county looks like now, demographers believe - but Republicans could halt that
A few nights a week, Mohammad Aziz meets his friend Syed Ali in the parking lot of a strip mall in Sugar Land, the suburban city just south-west of Houston. Syed runs Nash Up Chick, a food truck dishing out Nashville-style hot chicken just off Highway 6. The men, both immigrants from Pakistan, sit in plastic chairs and pass the time in the soupy Texas heat, chatting in a mix of English and Urdu.
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