‘Get Your Booty to the Poll’ is anything but politics as usual — Update 6/7/22: Level has a new home. You can read this article and other new articles by visiting LEVELMAN.com. Last month, the bare backside of a voluptuous Black woman popped up in my Facebook feed. Wearing a white G-string and stilettos, she sauntered up a small staircase toward a stripper…

It’s been her mission to commune with other changemakers and address global issues — When esteemed activist Angela Davis arrived in São Paulo, Brazil, in October to promote the Portuguese translation of her autobiography, she had one request — to meet Janice Ferreira da Silva, known as “Preta” (Black woman) Ferreira. Preta, 35, a housing rights activist and musician, had just been released after…