Yvette Clarke: “I look forward to working together in a bipartisan manner moving forward.”

This is not politics as usual. This is a defining moral moment for our country.

Not since Jim Crow have we seen this level of systematic disenfranchisement of Black voters.

Silence in this moment is not neutrality — it is complicity.

As someone who has called Brooklyn home for decades, I know firsthand the challenges that communities like East Flatbush have faced because of years of disinvestment, a shortage of affordable housing, and longstanding health disparities.