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This is Our Body Politics. I'm the creator and host, Farai Chidea.

This week, we continue the conversation on anti-Asian violence around the country and bring

you analysis from writers and legislators.

First, a conversation about voting rights and accountability with a member of the squad.

Congresswoman Ayanna Presley was elected

to the House in 2018 by voters in Massachusetts 7th District, which includes a large part of Boston.

Like her colleague in the squad representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Presley unseeded an incumbent

Democrat, and in both cases, those incumbents were white men who'd served 10 terms in Congress.

I invited Representative Presley on to talk about voting rights, reparations, and the Crown Act, and to explain why she says policy is her love language.

Representative Presley, it is so great to have you on our body politic.

Wonderful to be with you. I've been looking forward to it.

You know, you're someone who has just been such a breakout star in Congress on so many

different levels, including just really keeping it real about your journey as a human being

and your health. But there is that thing called politics, and we are in

quite a season. And of course, something we've been covering a lot on the show is voting rights. There is,

you know, by one count, 43 of the 50 U.S. states are proposing restrictions to voting rights. And so

what is the role of both the federal government

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