Marc Morial: “The money is needed because of systemic inequities.”

We note the attacks on this progress. They come in the form of voter suppression – voter purges, attacks on democracy, attacks on equal opportunity in DE&I, banning of books, attacks to try to thwart this progress.

We`re in a state of emergency when it comes to democracy in this country, as well as policing, and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. And I think the American people want to see dramatic action on both of these issues.

D.C., for many Federal programs and initiatives, is treated like a territory, which denies the residents of the District of Columbia, including its black residents, equal treatment and therefore equal representation.

The failure to provide Federal voting rights, voting rights for a Member of Congress and two U.S. Senators, for the 51st State, disproportionately impacts a large number of African American citizens of the United States.