Black US voters’ economic priorities revealed in new advocacy agenda

Black to the Future report recommends policy shifts in housing and healthcare as roadmap for ‘systemic’ inequityBlack Americans strongly support initiatives that would increase the minimum wage to $17, make affordable housing more accessible and create an equitable tax system, according to Black to the Future Action Fund, a political advocacy thinktank. On Thursday, the group released a 55-page economic agenda based on its 2023 survey of 211,219 Black people across all 50 states. The organization hopes that the report will serve as a roadmap for elected officials to address policy holes, and for advocates to generate campaigns that hold politicians accountable.“We have to start imagining what it is that we want and not be so afraid to break out of what is,” said Alicia Garza, founder and former principal of Black to the Future Action Fund, at a Thursday symposium in Atlanta. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/09/black-voter-economic-priorities-future-report

Author : Melissa Hellmann

Publish date : 2024-08-09 17:41:21

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