Introducing Stateside with Kai and Carter: Stacey Abrams on why gutting US Voting Rights Act is ‘evil’ – podcast | US supreme court

The U.S. supreme court struck down the 1965 Voting Rights Act in April, ruling in Louisiana v. Callais that states could not consider race in redistricting. Southern states from Tennessee to Alabama rushed to wipe out majority-black districts, causing chaos in the midterm elections. Kai Wright speaks Stacey AbramsThe voting rights activist and former Georgia legislative minority leader explains the fallout from the decision and why she thinks the way forward is to encourage more voters to participate in democracy: ‘They ripped communities apart and said we were going to spread these seeds. ‘Our job is to grow.’