Cori Bush
One time homeless with a destitute family, nurse and Black Lives Matter activist Cori Bush is now on her way to Congress after her election on November 7. She herself would not forget the depth of the miracle of her success.
She told a crowd: “It is historic that this year, of all years, we’re sending a Black, working-class single mother, who has been fighting for Black lives since Ferguson, all the way to the halls of Congress.”
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Bush, 44, came into prominence at the Ferguson protests after the shooting of Michael Brown in 2014. It was the inception of the Black Lives Matter movement across the United States.
Top on her list is wealth and income disparity between Americans. Bush is also an advocate of a government-run health insurance scheme as well as tuition-free college.
