When one party controls nearly 80% of our congressional delegation in a 50-50 purple state, when our voices aren't heard, and our participation isn't invited, when the system is designed to keep us back and remove our ability to operate as first-class citizens. Democracy would require that our vote is weighted the same way. But that's not what we're operating with now. New Built by Us episode out now. Link in bio or check out demnc.co/podcast

21. Andrew Johnson and the Radicals: A Contest over the Meaning of Reconstruction