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“Many Black people wonder, what do we get for our loyalty?” ESSENCE Black Futures winners now speak candidly about the upcoming elections

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In the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, ESSENCE News and Politics Editor-in-Chief Melissa Noel sat down with two of our inaugural Black Futures Now honorees to debate key voter issues impacting Black and brown communities and tips on how to take motion.

Angela Ferrell-Wide is a lifelong organizer and the first-ever executive director of Moms Demand Action, a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that may protect people from gun violence. Divine Davis is a civil rights lawyer and founding partner of Davis Bozeman Johnson Law, based in Atlanta.

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In a discussion that focused on policing, gun violence, youth activism and advocacy, each Ferrell-Zabala and Davis emphasized the need for consistent community engagement, collaboration and speaking out about the concerns of young Black voters who are not any longer agitated the must get out and vote simply because it has at all times been kept away from seeing tangible results of change.

The conversation began by discussing what gives changemakers hope for the way forward for Black people in America. As someone who works in communities that have enduring trauma from the widespread problem of gun violence and advocates for gun violence prevention each day, Ferrell-Zabala says, “We understand how common it is in this country. We understand how this affects the Black community, but every day I get up and make the decision to do this because I know I wouldn’t be here without hope. I know that our ancestors and my family members have brought us to a place where we can do this work and our voices can be raised.”

“I also have a look at today’s young leaders who’re taking motion and taking matters into their very own hands in quite a lot of ways, whether through art, culture or whatever. They find vacancies, so I even have lots of hope for them,” she added.

Davis reiterated his hope for the way forward for Black America due to the strong foundations laid by those that got here before us. “My hope rests largely on the work of our ancestors and their ability to accomplish amazing feats despite meager resources, and you have many more resources than they do, but they had the will, they had the integrity, and so by standing on these ancestors’ shoulders they allow us to look beyond negativity, they allow us to see beyond the challenges we pose to the young people we have.”

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He gave examples of spaces geared toward young people, comparable to The Black Man’s Laboratory AND Black Women’s Lab, where, as he says, the voices of young people will be heard.

“My students come and burn. They are ready for a brand new day. And not only are they ready for it, figuratively, but they’re able to work towards it. And this offers you the fuel you would like in our work as organizers and public decision-makers. Despite the challenges of civil rights work, he believes that as a community we have all the things we must “succeed in our fight for liberation.”

When it involves constructing awareness and taking motion to forestall gun violence at the policy level, starting with local communities, Ferrell-Zabala says it is vital to satisfy people where they’re and involve them in the process. “Whether we’re talking about talking to young people at HBCUs, we’re talking to people in their communities and making sure they’re included in the strategy. This is extremely important because they often know exactly what is needed; they simply lack the resources to implement their activities or really scale them up,” he says.

As a civil rights lawyer, Davis says that along with working on individual clients’ cases and in search of justice for them, we must address a system that continues the cycle of gun violence and police brutality without major change. “We also need to address the system, the system that says that our lives are valued less, that we can endure more pain than other people, all kinds of misnomers that put our young people in danger every day when they drive, walk, go to schools, shopping. We are at risk in all of these spaces, so our organization must remain cohesive. We must continue to put this issue at the top of the agenda.”

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When it involves attending to the polls to vote in November, our panelists spoke on to a few of the challenges we face and the need for consistent engagement and organization.

Davis admits there may be fatigue amongst black voters with electoral politics. They wish to see more tangible change through voting efforts, and he believes change starts with reparations.

“We are no longer able to say: ‘Do it because of what your ancestors sacrificed.’ [Younger voters are] I just don’t see it as a call to vote. They want to see tangible results for Black people. One of the clear statements, in my opinion, is the executive order on reparations,” he says.

“The Democratic Party is going to have to do something different nationally to really engage young Black voters and the many Black voters who are wondering what we get for our loyalty and loyalty, so it’s going to be a challenge, but I think it’s time,” Davis adds.

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“The election is starting,” says Ferrell-Zabala, adding: “The Biden-Harris administration has undoubtedly been the strongest in history when it comes to efforts to prevent gun violence.” He says we must take a broader have a look at the impact our votes have on many things. “You have to make your voice heard. If you don’t do this, someone else will make decisions on your behalf.”

WATCH the full video of this conversation included on this story.

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During the CNN town hall with members of the Congress on Thursday, US representative Jahan Hayes, D-conn., Tried to persuade why Americans must be seriously concerned concerning the above-average role of Elon Musk, the richest person on this planet, plays within the federal government.

“You have the right to worry about Elon Musk, because he is an unrequited billionaire who has a huge impact,” said Hayes during a double -sided panel with a democratic representative of Derek Treem from California and republican representatives Mike Lawler from New York and Ryan Mackenzie from Pennsylvania.

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Congressmenka Hayes, which was elected to the House of US representatives in 2018, called on the dearth of transparency of Trump’s administration in Musk’s work as the top of the dog. The department sanctioned by the White House, he managed the administration’s efforts to eliminate government waste and fraud, which caused the detention or annulled billions of dollars, and 1000’s of presidency employees dismissed or resolved. Many administration activities remain questioned within the Federal Court.

Hayes noticed that Trump’s administration stated in court that Musk was not chargeable for Doge, despite President Trump and other officials claiming that he was the top of the department, and conducts his decisions or recommendations. “They tried to hide the ball,” she said.

Congressmenka said that if Doge Muska really finds evidence of waste and government fraud, then he and his team should testify before Congress and present them. “Spread this, not through a series of tweets, and not through these unverified reports that it publishes,” said Hayes. She said that it was “very special” that “7,000 social insurance employees are exempt, 6,000 from the veterans’ administration is exempt (but) his company receives more contracts and earns more money from the federal government every day.”

Rep. Hayes identified that the satellite company Muska, Starlink, has now Server within the White House And he argued that the musk is “serious”. She continued: “Nobody even calls him for settlement … Everyone should worry about it. This is not normal. It is not regular that one person has this type of access to every agency, people data, security systems.”

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When rep. Lawler tried to defend Musk and Doge, arguing that their work is supported and supported by civilian officials, Hayes interrupted and asked sharply: “Who are they?” She repeated the query several times when Lawler spoke, apparently as a tactic to attract an argument, which Democrats repeatedly undergo the topic of transparency about what Musk, who is just not a government worker, performs with data that collects and protects privacy rights.

“I am not sure if the republican conference received a list of employees in Doge because we did not do it. So the information was not available to us,” Hayes said. “If there are employees, career, federal employees who work in the system to find this information, we would like to share it with us.”

Hayes, who was awarded the “Teacher of the Year” within the White House by President Barack Obama in 2016, before applying for Congress, also condemned the activities of the Trump administration to dismantle the US Education Department. Despite the repetitive claims of Trump officials and Republicans that the dismantling of the department would reflect “power” back to state and native rule, Congressmenka noted that “public education is already served by you.”

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The “Department of Education protects civil rights of students,” she explained, mentioning the Doe services, including the enforcement of provisions on anti -discrimination to guard coloured students and disabled students, in addition to managing the federal student loan system and federal grant and subsidies.

“Children who will be most injured are children in poor and low income of the community,” she said. “So when people say … that something has been received, I do not know if they are asking for discrimination, the possibility of refusing to protect civil rights to poor students (or) without adequate financing and teachers to serve them.”

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The candidate of the mayor of New York Zellor Myrie releases a black program

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Zellnor Myrie, mayor, New York, Black agenda


New York Senator Zellor Myrie released his black program for New York He reports that before the Mayor’s campaign in New York.

His The agenda deals with 4 key points The increase in the black wealth of the community – international, public health, economic development and climate resistance and infrastructure repair – all based on his experience growing up in Brooklyn. “I grew up around Black New Yorkers who understood that if you were working hard, you had the opportunity to succeed in this city. Being on the road to success,” said Myrie during a press conference.

“But for too many black New Yorkers this is no longer a reality. The city is different, and the next mayor of this city must have a plan that will help black New Yorkers.”

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Myrie’s term of office as a senator of state from 2019 has placed him to support civil rights of black New Yorkers.

Together with the latest administration of Trump in office, a 38-year-old politician believes that one should concentrate on protecting pioneering citizenship by black leadership, because he says: “We have a president who clearly attacks black people throughout the country. The president, who eliminates disputes regarding civil rights, accuses employees of accused of enforcing civil rights,” said the candidate for Rican.

“The victories that we have fought for decades to achieve are now erased under this president.”

It has a strategy coping with all points in the public program, with one of the premises is accessible to everyone. When parents have difficulty obtaining inexpensive childcare in the city, Myrie He proposed an out -of -school program that may be free and would come with children from the age of three to seniors of high schools. . progRAM will operate until 18:00 on weekdays and guarantees Stains in a free summer academic city and the enrichment youth program.

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Others concentrate on his program include the establishment of the Fund for Buyers of First Generation Houses and counting on regulations regarding anti -discrimination in mortgage loans. While coping with public security, Myrie announced plans to expand the program of each CountS block, a pilot program launched in October 2024, which directs the prevention of violence using weapons. Taking public health, his agenda positions funds for dedicated delivery centers in black superiority districts and the extension of the Medicaid range for Doulas and midwives in the hope of reducing the high mortality of moms amongst black women.

His plan may even take care of mental health resources, implement free mental health services and a profession path for young black men and launches the center of trauma in the Rockaways districts in Queens.

Along with the democratic basis, which took place on June 24, 2025, Myrie collected nearly $ 4 million donations during her campaign, but is one of 4 black candidates applying for the mayor’s place. Candidates are the current mayor Eric Adams, Marshal of the City Council of Adrienne Adams and a former member of the Congregation Michael Blake.

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Trump’s staff are trying to stop the “abuse” of Elon Musk’s relationship with the president, who cannot demand him because “there is no leverage over him, and Elon gives Zero FS”

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He is a spoiled brat of the inner circle of the magician, opening the thumb with Donald Trump’s “Tatus”, seemingly remaining a privileged son.

A jealous older brother Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Trump, who once enjoyed the same close president, declared war with the younger, richer Nemesis a couple of months ago, swearing that he banished him on January 20.

But this date has passed, and Elon is still standing, often alongside the president.

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The president of American Elekt Donald Trump and Elon Musk observe the launch of the sixth Starship Spacex rocket test on November 19, 2024 at Brownsville, Texas. The owner of the billionaire SpaceX, Elon Musk, Trump’s trustee, was used to manage the latest performance of the government department together with the former presidential candidate Vivka Ramaswamy. (Photo Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

However, this week, the General Director of Tesla could go too far. Musk undermined Trump’s announcement on Tuesday about an investment price $ 500 billion in the infrastructure of artificial intelligence, claiming that supporters of the “Stargate project” only a fraction of the proposed investments price $ 500 billion.

He even published a joke This suggested that the directors were burning Crack “to come up with the number of $ 500 billion for Stargate.”

Bannon saw, telling Musk journalists, “he should not reverse what the president was already talking about. This is unacceptable and unsatisfactory. You see how he is out of control.”

Trump, when asked about the number of Musk’s failures at a press conference on Friday, seemed to move his arms.

“I mean that Elon does not like one of these people,” Trump replied, referring to musk contempt for the general director of OPENAI Altman itself, one of the primary investors of the Stargate project.

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That’s all? No pink slip? Even insult? What does the President’s Musk have?

“It is obvious that he abused the proximity of the president,” Trump’s ally he said Politico. “The problem is that the president has no levers over him, and Elon gives zero f – s.”

As Politico noted: “It is very unusual for the senior adviser-Muska-in public to criticize the president’s initiatives, and his broadly favorable speculation in GOP circles about whether he and Trump will finally seem.”

But there are no signs of the upcoming breakup. Trump is unable to hide his feelings and although there have been reports that he has enough musk, the general director of Starlink retains almost unusual access to the president.

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Musk even has an office in West Wing, during which he pilots the “Department of Government”, an advisory commission created by Trump to eliminate waste in the federal government.

“We are now working with him to understand his ideas – the ideas are innovative. Make done not so much,” said a political official of the White House.

Bannon called on the chief of staff of Susie Wiles to “sit (musk) down” and “immediate sorting”.

He should already know: no person puts Elon in the corner.

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