Black America Podcast

Have you ever thought about the role of Dark money in our election system? In an unexpected turn in the Combating Voter Suppression series. Rielle speaks with BBC and NYT bestselling investigative journalist Greg Palast about the impact of dark and grey money and Black voter rights. Listen now. Find out more about us on www.BlackAmericaSummit.com.  Episode Bibliography:  Farley, Robert. “A Misleading Dark Money Attack on Ossoff.” FactCheck.Org, 1 Dec. 2020, https://www.factcheck.org/2020/12/a-misleading-dark-money-attack-on-ossoff/. Major, D. (2021, March 29). Delta internal statement leaked showing praise for Georgia election restrictions bill. Black Enterprise. https://www.blackenterprise.com/delta-internal-statement-leaked-showing-praise-for-georgia-election-restrictions-bill/ Mayer, Jane. “Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to Block the Largest Election-Reform Bill in Half a Century.” The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021, https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-the-koch-backed-effort-to-block-the-largest-election-reform-bill-in-half-a-century. ---. “Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to Block the Largest Election-Reform Bill in Half a Century.” The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021, https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/inside-the-koch-backed-effort-to-block-the-largest-election-reform-bill-in-half-a-century. Niesse, Mark. “Precinct Closures Harm Voter Turnout in Georgia, AJC Analysis Finds.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 16 Dec. 2019, https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/precinct-closures-harm-voter-turnout-georgia-ajc-analysis-finds/11sVcLyQCHuQRC8qtZ6lYP/. OpenSecrets. “Dark Money Basics.” OpenSecrets, https://www.opensecrets.org/dark-money/basics. Accessed 12 May 2021. Salzer, James. “Georgia Senate GOP Passes Bill to Get More Money from Big Political Donors.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 26 Feb. 2021, https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-senate-leaders-push-bill-to-get-more-money-from-big-political-donors/D3YV4C3NZNCEPG6TJ5PCABGPH4/. Schouten, Fredreka, and Kelly Mena. “Putting ‘Cologne on Jim Crow’: Georgia GOP Lawmakers Drive toward New Voting Restrictions.” CNN, 21 Mar. 2021, https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/21/politics/georgia-republican-voting-restrictions/index.html. ---. “Putting ‘Cologne on Jim Crow’: Georgia GOP Lawmakers Drive toward New Voting Restrictions.” CNN, 21 Mar. 2021, https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/21/politics/georgia-republican-voting-restrictions/index.html. Smith, Allan, and Frank Thorp V. “McConnell Warns Corporate America to ‘stay out of Politics’ — but Says Donations Are OK.” NBC News, 6 Apr. 2021, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mcconnell-warns-corporate-america-stay-out-politics-says-donations-are-n1263173. reporter, Guardian staff. “Georgia Is Updating Jim Crow. Now, He’s Dr James Crow.” The Guardian, 12 Apr. 2021, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/12/georgia-voting-jim-crow-laws-dr-james-crow.

Rielle speaks with BBC- and NYT-bestselling investigative journalist Greg Palast on voter suppression in Georgia. In this episode of our Combating Voter Suppression series, we dive into Georgia's history of Black voter suppression in Georgia and the blatant oppressive measures in the recent Georgia Senate bill touted as Jim Crow 2.0.

Rielle speaks with newly elected Senator Jackson and RainbowPush Coalition Executive Director, Robert Patillo about their efforts to combat voter suppression. We begin our Combating Voter Suppression series answering the questions:: does the Black vote matter? Do they count?

Cathryn Stout, PhD, joins Rielle to unpack the global virtual premiere event —Disney’s Black is King,