'All eyes ought to be on the South': Imani Perry and Eddie Glaude on the GOP's 'white power grab'
MS NOW
May 10, 2026
VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJqHfpb3qs
#GOP #Politics #Gerrymandering
Southern states are taking advantage of a pair of recent Supreme Court decisions in order to quickly re-make their congressional maps ahead of November’s midterms. In effect, the political power of many Black Americans are being taken away. “All eyes ought to be on the South,” Harvard professor Imani Perry tells Antonia Hylton. Princeton professor Eddie Glaude adds that what’s happening is “a political will to white power.”
Trump’s GOP’s alarming talent: dismantling multiracial democracy
MS NOW
May 9, 2026
VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dh6PFFZOVU
Trump’s
Republican Party is carrying out a coordinated assault on Black
political and economic power, and the consequences for Black America
could last for generations. The question now facing the nation is
whether the political will exists to confront those determined to
dismantle multiracial democracy.
Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw: After the gutting of the VRA, 'our democracy is on its knees'
MS NOW
May 9, 2026
VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nDGTNPrZAU
Trump’s Republican Party is carrying out a coordinated assault on Black political and economic power, and the consequences for Black America could last for generations. The question now facing the nation is whether the political will exists to confront those determined to dismantle multiracial democracy.
They’ve ‘turned back the clock on history’’: TN Rep. Justin Jones on GOP’s forced redistricting
MS NOW
May 10, 2026
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIGZaPD7pgs&list=PLDIVi-vBsOExyfDOHI3VpzbMRm8ApIx2z
#Tennessee #GOP #Politics
Tennessee
has long been a battleground for civil rights, from the Nashville lunch
counter sit-ins to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in Memphis.
This week, that legacy was tested again as Tennessee Republicans
redistricted and eliminated the state's only majority-Black
congressional district. Democratic representative Justin Jones says we
must call this moment for what it is. “Whether they do it with crosses
and violence or with the sophistication of suits and decorum,” he warns
the fight is far from over. They have “turned back the clock of history”
and “we must err on the side of action.”
VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Ne8zMcJ6o
'They're coming for everyone': Stacey Abrams warns GOP redistricting push will extend nationwide
MS NOW
May 7, 2026