Glynda C. Carr



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The Raid on Ilhan Omar’s Home Should Concern Every American

When Federal Power Is Turned Against Black Women in Leadership, Our Democracy Is at Risk

A federal search of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s home weeks before Election Day raises urgent questions about due process, political accountability and the protection of Black women in leadership—is democracy being treated fairly?

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A Dangerous Precedent: Criminalizing Black Women’s Leadership and Silencing Our Right to Serve

When Oversight Becomes a Crime: What the Charges Against Rep. McIver Reveal About Our Democracy

Earlier this month, Congresswoman LaMonica McIver of New Jersey’s 10th District visited the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, joined by fellow Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman and Rob Menendez. Their goal was clear and constitutional: conduct oversight of a federally operated immigration detention center that has drawn widespread concern over its conditions and its connection in an alarming rise in unjust arrests, particularly of Black and Brown immigrants.

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