Garrison Hayes

She helps audiences understand how historical forces continue to shape the present.

Garrison Hayes, award-winning journalist, creator, and correspondent for Mother Jones.

His work explores the intersection of history, culture, and power, especially in Black communities across America.

He is a two-time Webby Award winner, an NAA- an NABJ Salute to Excellence award winner, and was named the 2026 Ebony Power, a member of the Ebony Power 100 list in 2026.

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White supremacy and apparently capitalism, which is [laughs] destroying us and turning us into, uh, you know, fighting each other in sort of miniature in sort of gangs against one another instead of ganging up on the people who are doing it to us.

Uh, Ashley the Baroness, Garrison Hayes, Z Ngema, Ruth E- Ifakemi John- Noel, you all are so great.

What a fantastic panel.

They are no strangers to our podcast.

It is the lovely Elizabeth Booker Houston and Garrison Hayes, who is incredible, y'all.

He came on a day trip.

Just to be here for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's annual legislative conference.

We have to get more comfortable with understanding that they are public servants.

So they serve who? The public.

Well, I would like to first say thank you to our guest co-host this evening, Garrison Hayes and Elizabeth Booker Houston.

I for my call to action, I'll just say this.