Meet Cori Bush, the Black Lives Matter activist who just defeated a veteran Missouri congressman. (via CNBCMakeIt)
, an 18-year-old Black man who was shot and killed in policy custody in Ferguson, Missouri.
Bush, who remained on the front lines of the Ferguson protests, says that talking to other residents about the fight for justice propelled her to do more to help her community. A once-homeless mom who lived out of her car with her kids, Bush says she understands the everyday struggle that people in her community go through and she wants to bring the change that's needed in Congress to help.
In Congress, Bush says she plans to increase the minimum wage in her district to $15 an hour, push for free public college and trade school, fight for criminal justice reform and fight for the Green New Deal, which is a legislation package that aims to address issues around climate change and economic inequality. Bush, whose victory came on the same night that Missouri voters, says she also plans to continue the fight for Medicare for all.
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