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1 month ago | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
I want to make space for the idea that some people had well-intentioned gripes against DEI. Many were told that diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts had gone too far, and some people believed that Trump was simply making a good faith effort to rein it in, to curtail the abuses of “woke” gone unchecked. I think those people are very wrong, but it’s okay—we’ll agree to disagree.
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1 month ago | 
thejourneyman.substack.com | Marlon Weems |Garrison Hayes
Former Wall Street pro Marlon Weems gives his insights on the intersection of politics, the economy, and anti-Black racism. Former Wall Street pro Marlon Weems gives his insights on the intersection of politics, the economy, and anti-Black racism.
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1 month ago | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
At least that’s what the headlines scream. I spent the last few weeks reading the public statements, leaked internal memos, and listed changes from the organizations that are reportedly rolling back their DEI programs — corporate giants like McDonald’s, Meta, and Amazon — and what I found was a mismatch. These corporations aren’t actually dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives outright.
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1 month ago | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
A day after winning an NAACP Image Award, one of MSNBC’s highest rated shows is done. The cancellation of Joy Reid’s primetime show, The ReidOut, has sparked outrage and confusion among viewers and fans.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
wwno.org | Karen Henderson |Garrison Hayes
Tomorrow is Election Day! And if you haven’t voted yet, Tuesday is the last day to cast your ballot. WRKF’s Capitol Access reporter Brooke Thorington spoke with Joel Watson, director of communications at the Louisiana Secretary of State Office, about what voters should and shouldn’t bring to the polls. Every election cycle, we hear the same old saying, “every vote counts.” While it may not always feel that way, in the case of last year’s sheriff election in Caddo Parish, that sentiment rang true.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
wrkf.org | Karen Henderson |Garrison Hayes
Tomorrow is Election Day! And if you haven’t voted yet, Tuesday is the last day to cast your ballot. WRKF’s Capitol Access reporter Brooke Thorington spoke with Joel Watson, director of communications at the Louisiana Secretary of State Office, about what voters should and shouldn’t bring to the polls. Every election cycle, we hear the same old saying, “every vote counts.” While it may not always feel that way, in the case of last year’s sheriff election in Caddo Parish, that sentiment rang true.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
What changes if more people showed up to vote? One answer emerges by comparing Minnesota and Tennessee—two states with vastly different voter turnout rates. Minnesota leads the nation, with nearly 80 percent of eligible voters participating in the 2020 election. With that, Minnesotans have elected leaders who have advanced a populr agenda: universal school meals, free public college tuition, paid family and medical leave, and the restoration of voting rights for formerly incarcerated people.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
Genuine question: Do influential white people routinely tell members of the white community to not vote? Every four years, it seems like noteworthy figures within the Black community repeat a familiar refrain: Black voters should withhold their vote to prove a point. In 2020, it was musician Ice Cube, and in 2024, it’s activist Dr. Umar, both using their considerable platforms to push a consistent, if overused, message to Black people: Don’t vote until politicians make concrete promises to you.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
Earlier this month, former President Barack Obama stopped by a Kamala Harris campaign office in Pennsylvania and made headlines by admonishing Black men for being less enthusiastic about supporting her for president compared with the support he received when he ran in 2008. “Part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that,” Obama said.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
motherjones.com | Garrison Hayes
Every four years, the presidential election brings with it a perennial question about an essential voting bloc: Who will Black voters turn out for? Mother Jones video correspondent Garrison Hayes has spent months on the campaign trail talking to Black voters about how they see the goals and limits of their own political power. He paid special attention to Black Republicans, including a new crop of Black supporters of former President Donald Trump.
