Introducing Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’

About this episode

Stacey Abrams discusses the implications of the US Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act and the importance of voter engagement.

The US supreme court demolished the 1965 Voting Rights Act when they ruled in Louisiana v Callais in April that states can’t consider race in redistricting. Southern states from Tennessee to Alabama have rushed to erase majority Black districts, sparking chaos for the midterm elections. Kai Wright talks with Stacey Abrams, voting rights activist and former Georgia house minority leader, about the fallout from the decision, and why, even now, she thinks the way forward is still through engaging more voters to participate in democracy: “They have fractured communities and said we’re going to scatter these seeds. Our job is to grow.”

People in this episode

Host: Kai Wright

Guest: Stacey Abrams

Topics covered

• Voting Rights
• Redistricting
• Political Activism
• US Supreme Court
• Democracy Engagement

Keywords

• Voting Rights Act
• Stacey Abrams
• redistricting
• US Supreme Court
• voter engagement
• midterm elections
• political activism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act, Georgia House

Places: Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama

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