Outside The Focus Of Major Parties, Black Pittsburghers Vow To Get Out The Vote
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Outside The Focus Of Major Parties, Black Pittsburghers Vow To Get Out The Vote

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Outside The Focus Of Major Parties, Black Pittsburghers Vow To Get Out The Vote Enlarge this image toggle caption Nate Smallwood for NPR Nate Smallwood for NPR Tanisha Long expects to be busy in the run up to the 2020 election. For the next six weeks, Long, who founded an unofficial Black Lives Matter chapter for Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania, plans to make get-out-the vote videos, host mail-in voting webinars and work to enfranchise eligible incarcerated people in order to turn out voters she says "no one's talking to anymore." Enlarge this image toggle caption Steve Inskeep/NPR Steve Inskeep/NPR Young's friend Jasiri X, the 37 year-old hip hop artist who runs the community organization 1Hood, says he used to vote as an independent. Enlarge this image toggle caption Justin Merriman/Bloomberg via Getty Images Justin Merriman/Bloomberg via Getty Images "I don't believe it's a platform that meets the moment," she says. Enlarge this image toggle caption Nate Smallwood for NPR Nate Smallwood for NPR As one of few active Black Republicans in Pittsburgh, McAllister admits that the party has a problem embracing diversity.

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