Black Women Are the Past, Present, and Future of the Democratic Party
Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Jennifer Taylor-Skinner argue in The Nation that Black women set the stage for Kamala Harris's rise, citing Win with Black Women's digital organizing after Biden's exit and convention tributes to figures like Fannie Lou Hamer and Shirley Chisholm. They warn that Black women are often blamed when things go wrong, and Maxine Waters predicts Harris will be elected president.