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WHAT OTHERS
ARE SAYING.

Journalists, scholars, and civil rights leaders have been sounding the alarm. Click any card to watch their words — in their own voices — on YouTube. Then decide what you are going to do about it.

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Rachel Maddow MS NOW
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MS NOW · MAY 2026
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Rachel Maddow
Host · The Rachel Maddow Show · MS NOW
Trump Is Terrible at Everything Except This One Thing

Maddow makes the case that from Day 1 of his second term, this administration has engaged in a concentrated and deliberate targeting of Black Americans — from executive orders rescinding 60-year-old anti-discrimination protections to Supreme Court appointments that gutted the Voting Rights Act. She argues this is not a series of coincidences. It is the throughline of a systematic domestic agenda.

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Callais Ruling · Voting Rights
Nikole Hannah-Jones
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MS NOW · MAY 2026
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Nikole Hannah-Jones
Pulitzer Prize Journalist · 1619 Project
Gutting the VRA Isn’t Just a Black Rights Issue

Hannah-Jones explains why the Callais ruling is a blow to American democracy for everyone — not just Black voters. She warns that once maps are redrawn, telling people to vote cannot overcome structural hyper-gerrymandering.

MS NOW · May 2026Watch Full ↗

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Eddie Glaude
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MS NOW · MAY 2026
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Eddie Glaude Jr.
Princeton University · MS NOW Analyst
“Tired of People Playing Fast and Loose With Our Dead”

Responding to the Callais ruling with Nicolle Wallace, Glaude articulates the profound outrage felt by Black Americans who lived through Jim Crow — only to watch the law their ancestors bled for get dismantled by a court.

MS NOW · May 2026Watch Full ↗

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Eddie Glaude Five Alarm Fire
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MS NOW · FEB 2026
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Eddie Glaude Jr.
Princeton University · MS NOW
‘Five-Alarm Fire’ on Black Voter Access

Glaude calls Trump’s targeting of Detroit, Philadelphia, and Atlanta a deliberate effort to delegitimize elections and suppress Black voter participation. A five-alarm fire that demands a response.

MS NOW · Feb. 2026Watch Full ↗

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Glaude second term threat
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MSNBC · NOV 2024
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Eddie Glaude Jr.
Princeton University · MSNBC
The Threat Is “Immediate and Unsettling”

Recorded days after the 2024 election, Glaude’s assessment of what a second Trump term would mean for Black Americans. Every warning in this segment has since materialized — making it essential viewing.

MSNBC · Nov. 2024Watch Full ↗

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Glaude Jan 6 voter suppression
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MSNBC · 2021
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Eddie Glaude Jr.
Princeton University · MSNBC
Direct Line Between Jan. 6 and Voter Suppression

Glaude draws a straight line from January 6th to the wave of Republican voter restriction laws — a connection that now extends directly to the Callais ruling. A foundational piece for understanding how we got here.

MSNBC · 2021Watch Full ↗

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