Defending Democracy: Showing Up and Engaging with the American Voter

Denial of reproductive rights, voter suppression, book bans — everything old is new again and not in a good way. But it doesn’t need to be that way. NYC Mayor Eric Adams talks with U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) and Enfield, North Carolina Mayor Mondale Robinson about on-the-ground efforts they’re leading to re-imagine civic engagement for their constituents, particularly young people and those who've largely been left out of the broader political conversation in America.

Rep. Horsford is chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and the son of Trinidadian immigrants, who led Nevada’s largest job training program (the Culinary Training Academy), before getting into politics. Mayor Robinson is a former Marine who is reaching out to rural communities in the South, meeting with disaffected voters and focusing on issues that are of importance to them.