The architect of the Moral Monday movement says low-wage voters could reshape U.S. politics, but only if leaders take their needs seriously.
At a time when communities across America are grappling with rising costs, attacks on democracy, and deep inequality, Bishop William J. Barber II is clear: Americaâs future depends on whether we can turn shared pain into shared power â and whether our leaders will dare to lift all of us, not just some of us.
In this conversation with Word In Blackâs deputy managing director, Joseph Williams, at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundationâs 54th Annual Legislative Conference, Rev. Barber gets straight to the point. Poor and low-wage people, he says, are the most powerful â and the most ignored â voting bloc in America.
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His warning to the Democratic Party: Ignoring the poor would be âat your own political demise.â Barber cites recent data showing that nearly 19 million people who supported Biden-Harris in 2020 didnât turn out in the midterms â largely because they didnât hear a clear plan to tackle poverty and low wages.
â51% of our children, even before Trump, were in poverty,â he says. And millions of Americans are either uninsured or underinsured, so offering a bold economic vision canât be optional.
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