Taxation without representation is back and Black voters know it: op-ed

This is a guest opinion column

Last month in Alabama, I sat outside a small coffee shop talking with everyday people, teachers, retirees, young parents, and workers catching a breath before their shifts. What I heard wasn’t apathy. It wasn’t confusion. It was fear. It was exhaustion. It was the kind of anger that comes from knowing the system is being reshaped around you while you are told to “just vote” and trust the process.