The Ellison Report is a weekly journal of politics, policy, and the people.
PART I:WEAA’s Catalina Byrd offers analysis on what’s big and what’s not in the recent Department of Justice report on Baltimore city’s police department – and if it really changes anything.
PART II: Marcellus Ferrell, former Director of African American Outreach for Bernie Sanders campaign, examines whether third parties and alternative candidates are really a viable source of political empowerment for Black voters.
PART III: Ken Smaltz, Founder of Black Folk Must Vote, gives his take on why … Black folk must vote. But, where does that take the Black electorate in this presidential cycle and beyond?
PART IV: Roddy Lindsay, Founder and CEO of Hustle, talks about “The Rise of Big Organizing” in modern political campaigns, how digital and the use of tools such as text-messaging upends traditional campaigns and where that’s all headed.
