These groups are leading the charge on how we win in 2022 and beyond — It’s hardly news by now that President Joe Biden and other Democrats would not have performed as well as they did in the 2020 presidential election or the 2021 Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs if it weren’t for the millions of voters of color and young voters who turned out to…

Black women like Stacey Abrams and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson are reshaping the future — I have admittedly never watched Star Trek (the original or newer versions), but when I learned that Stacey Abrams made a cameo in the season finale of Paramount+’s Star Trek: Discovery, it immediately piqued my interest. So, last Thursday, with popcorn in hand, I sat down to watch the finale…

How Democrats can step into some “New Year, New Party” energy — 1. Print this New York Times article by Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo and take detailed notes. If Democrats want to win in 2022, they should start by reading (or hopefully, re-reading) this opinion piece by Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo literally titled “How to Turn Your Red State Blue.” In 2021, the Democratic-led Congress approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic-relief bill with no Republican votes. The relief…

From the Emmys to the Democratic Party, representation without structural change is not enough — When Emmy nominations were announced back in July, Twitter was abuzz with excitement, and rightfully so. I, along with many others, were thrilled to see the historic level of diversity among nominees including Lovecraft Country’s Jonathan Majors, Saturday Night Live’s Bowen Yang, and Pose’s Mj Rodriguez. …

Our will to rise is greater than the history of oppression — Last week, as I watched the media frenzy following the passage of a Texas bill that would ban abortions for pregnant people after six weeks, I stepped away from my computer to take a walk and clear my head. I was overwhelmed: by the news; the voices shouting across the…

A weekend’s musing — This weekend was really something. It started Friday, when I just felt lighter than I had in a long time, like the sun finally made its way around to shine on me again after a long dark. This didn’t feel like my typical Friday dopamine boost. The first time I…

These key states are most likely to expand Democrats’ majority in the chamber while deepening racial and gender diversity — Somehow, it’s almost August and you may have forgotten that late last year through January of this year, the country scored major victories in Georgia that paved the path to Joe Biden’s presidency and a Democratic Senate majority. You may also recall that any celebration or sigh of relief was…

American democracy is at stake. It’s going to take all of us. — One year after the racial reckoning that swept the country and the globe in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, we’re still in the trenches fighting to advance a multiracial and progressive democracy where diversity of race, gender, orientation, faith, heritage, and ability are valued. As many of us reflect…

Because you can’t talk about American politics without race — Like podcasts, there seems to be no shortage of newsletters from the corporate marketing email blast to the political candidate’s weekly fundraising plea begging for all your coins OR ELSE. But good newsletters, ones you look forward to regularly and open every time they land in your inbox, are harder…