In Florida, Angie Nixon’s Senate campaign represents the power of progressive Black women in politics.
Naomi Bethune
Naomi Bethune is the John Lewis Writing Fellow at The American Prospect. During her time studying philosophy and public policy at UMass Boston, she edited the opinions section of The Mass Media. Prior to joining the Prospect, she interned for Boston Review and Beacon Press. She can be reached on Signal at nb148.23.
Posted inPolitics
Public Service Commissions Power the Midterms
In states such as Louisiana and Georgia, upcoming public service commission elections are slated to determine how data center developments work with utility companies.
Posted inPolitics
‘We’re Still Here’: Young Black Democrats Fight Through Gerrymandering
Two Democrats running in House districts that went to Trump by double digits are gaining ground in potential upsets. Black turnout will be critical.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump Holds Off on Deporting Salvadoran Immigrants
Salvadorans have been legally protected from deportation for 25 years. The administration has declined to eliminate that status, amid a complicated geopolitical relationship.
Posted inTechnology
‘I Know I Couldn’t Live Here’: Standing Up to a Data Center in Alabama’s Black Belt
Faced with little transparency about a mammoth facility, Lowndes County fights back.
Posted inPolitics
What Voter Suppression Looks Like in Practice
Poll observers in Tennessee recorded dozens of incident reports in their primary, a few months before this year’s highly contested midterm elections.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Casualty of a Cruel Immigration Policy
Pierre Damas Bel, 20, died by suicide after being fitted with a tracking device by ICE. ‘That ankle monitor is what killed him,’ a family friend said.
Posted inEducation in America
Trump Wants Black People Barred From Med School
By targeting medical schools for prioritizing diversity, the Trump administration insists on a century-old belief that Black people are unequipped to practice medicine.
Posted inTAP
Michigan’s Democratic Primary Could Hinge on Black Voters
Black voters in Michigan have significant voting power. But how have the Democratic candidates tapped into it?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Hubert Harrison, the Greatest Civil Rights Activist You’ve Never Heard Of
A Q&A with Brian Kwoba, author of Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism