arly speculation about the location of the November 20 Democratic presidential candidate debate had focused on some site in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, the newly competitive area where the Democrats picked up one U.S. House seat in 2018 and nearly nabbed another. There is, in fact, a spanking new 1,070-seat event venue called City […]
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Stop Calling Black Women “Long-Shot Candidates” | Refinery29
It’s no secret that in 2018, women made history. A record-breaking 125 women were elected to the U.S. House and Senate, and many women who were previously considered “long-shot candidates” blew past the competition and became “firsts” in their own right. At the heart of post-election analysis, a critical narrative emerged about who should run […]
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To Raise, Love, and Lose a Black Child | The Atlantic
Jordan Davis’s mother, Lucia McBath, reflects on the guilty verdict in his murderer’s trial.
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Lucy McBath Wins Georgia Congressional Race Against Karen Handel | The New York Times
Lucy McBath, the gun control and racial justice activist whose son was killed in a 2012 shooting, is now headed to Congress, after winning a razor-thin election decided Thursday morning.
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(2017) White lawmaker warns black attorney she may ‘go missing’ if Confederate statues are threatened | The Washington Post
“To many necks they are red around here. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
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Gun Control Activist Lucy McBath Wins Democratic Nomination for Congress | Mother Jones
McBath’s son, Jordan Davis, was murdered in 2012.
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