Charlene Carruthers

Charlene Carruthers is author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements, an educator and Chicago based community organizer. She is the outgoing national director of BYP100. Follow Charlene on twitter at @CharleneCac.

Midterms 2018: Five Questions for the Political Left

Charlene Carruthers

While everything feels urgent in these times, it’s important to keep in mind that the election cycle never ends in this country. We must take time to develop strategies based in sound assessments of the terrain in which we operate.

The Right to Vote Affects the Power to Choose: How Voter Suppression in 2012 Will Erode Reproductive Rights

Charlene Carruthers

The power to preserve and expand reproductive rights is inextricably tied the right to vote. But what is power if your ability to leverage it is stripped away?