SiriusXM Urban View host Lurie Daniel Favors opened the new year with candor and urgency in a conversation with Glynda Carr about the coming midterm elections and the ongoing fight against misinformation.
While some voices online speculate about whether the midterms will even occur, Carr pushed the community to move past fear and conspiracy and toward preparation and action.
“We left 2025 understanding a little bit about the electorate,” Carr said, pointing to recent wins by Democrats and a surge of Black women elected as mayors and governors. From Detroit to Syracuse, Albany to Kansas City, voters have shown growing interest in local power. “People are understanding the importance of digging into our democracy at the local level,” she added.
“Every single member of the House is up for election,” Carr noted, along with dozens of Senate seats, governorships and tens of thousands of local offices. Rather than asking if elections will happen, she urged listeners to assume they will and to show up in force.
. “They didn’t disappear. They just moved,” said Daniel Favors. Carr agreed, warning that Black communities are heavily targeted online. “We are all micro-influencers,” she said. “If I post it, people believe it’s trusted.”
Carr offered three practices: follow credible sources, verify information before sharing and speak up. “We can’t be silent in 2026,” she said. “Each one of us has a role.”
“If we’re not in the fight,” Favors said, “there ain’t no fight.” Carr echoed that spirit, calling this “an active democracy” that demands participation, even in chaos.
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