I sat down with political strategist and author Atima Omara to discuss her new book The Instigators, our June It Has to Be Read. offering, and the long history of Black women defending American democracy while being sidelined by the very institutions they helped build.
Our conversation moves through Trumpism, Project 2025, media failure, white evangelical nationalism, voter suppression, faith, organizing in the South, and the uncomfortable truths Democrats still resist facing.
Atima speaks personally about growing up as the daughter of Ugandan immigrants in Virginia, working inside Democratic politics for nearly two decades, and why she believes the country is standing at a crossroads.
I hope you enjoy this Conversation about reckoning with our past so we can plan for our future.
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