Gary Chambers

You can’t say you’re helping us while cutting the programs that give young people a way out. Trump’s team wants applause for pardoning NBA YoungBoy—but at the same time, they’re phasing out Job Corps and slashing Medicaid. When nearly half of Job Corps participants are Black,…

BRPD killed Anthony Pursley on July 5, 2025. His family called because he was having a mental health crisis. One officer fired a taser, the other fired his gun. Anthony Pursley died. Chief TJ Morse is the 4th chief of police I’ve encountered as an advocate in Baton Rouge and he…

As a millennial, I don’t think we fully realize the power we hold yet. The average age in America is 38. That means if millennials really showed up, we could flip the scales in politics. In Black communities especially, we have to work the soil of politics to turn out our…

They didn’t bat an eye when LSU got a proclamation without a council vote. But when seven Black council members did the same for Bernie Sanders, Louisiana’s Attorney General launched an investigation. This isn’t about procedure. It’s about punishing Black leaders for showing…

What if the system had already decided you were guilty—and all you had was your voice and a few people who gave a damn? • Raheem Howard was arrested for attempted murder of a cop. • The officer turned off his body cam and his dash cam. • But one forgotten camera—in the…

Rock the shirt. Create a seat. Fund the mission. We’re taking Civics for the People Summer Sessions to cities across Louisiana—and maybe a few more in the Deep South. Two years ago, I created an interactive civic engagement workshop because government isn’t just policy—it’s…

Today the Baton Rouge Metro Council approved a contract allowing BRPD to begin filming a live cop show. I fully oppose it. Let me be clear: This isn’t about transparency — it’s about exploitation. It’s about turning the trauma of our people into entertainment. They found a…

A New Black South Is the Blueprint for Real Power. We don’t all need to move to the South—but we do need to move with strategy. Every major shift in Black progress came from building critical mass—and we have that again in the Deep South. This is about more than geography. It’s…

Yesterday, Trump bombed Iran. Just hours before, I stood in Speaker Mike Johnson’s district alongside @BernieSanders making it plain: Mike Johnson believes in bombing the Middle East. Bernie believes we need books, bridges, and investments in Black maternal health. I stand for…

I joined @BernieSanders today in Shreveport, Louisiana — in Speaker Mike Johnson’s district. Johnson leans hard into Christian nationalism. I don’t know who taught him the Bible, but they missed the part about feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and standing with the poor.…

.@BernieSanders is pulling up In Shreveport tomorrow at Municipal Auditorium, I’ll be joining him. The PEOPLE have the Power.

Five years later, the school is named Liberty High—because we refused to let a racist bigot’s name sit on our children’s diplomas. My daughter just finished her freshman year, and she won’t graduate from a school named after someone who stood for hate. While we have leaders…

Asia Raby is facing attempted murder of a cop charges for calling the police. She did what people are told to do: report the crime. She told them her loved one—having a mental health crisis—ran over a Baton Rouge officer. Now she’s in jail for it. Let that sink in: She called…

Sgt. Caleb Eisworth was hit and dragged 500 feet. I’m praying for his full recovery—no officer deserves that. If we want our officers to be safe, we need to address the conduct of officers in our communities in a real way. We don’t like to have honest conversations about how we…

You say you couldn’t have lived through Jim Crow or slavery—well, you’re alive right now. I’ve been doing this work for over a decade. And in that time, the injustice hasn’t decreased—it’s evolved. @eugene_collins12 and I have seen children go missing, bodies mishandled,…

The history I’m sharing, if you don’t know it ask yourself why? It’s intentional that you don’t know it. The goal has always been to keep us unaware of all that we’ve done. So we wouldn’t have the audacity to do it again. If Black people fresh off the plantation could take half…

Black folks don’t need lectures—we need other races and backgrounds to hold their own accountable. Over 80% of Black voters rejected Trump. Meanwhile, 40–50% of some of your own communities helped elect him. And yet, the demand is always on us to sacrifice more. Do more. We…

Mayor Sid says: Pass my tax or we go bankrupt. But instead of telling the truth or offering real solutions, he’s blaming Mayor @sharonwestonbroome and trying to scare the public. Here’s what I laid out: • Make corporations keep their word IBM and Exxon took tax breaks…

You can change parties to win an election—Black folks can’t change skin to get fair representation. This is my state rep, Edmond Jordan(@edmondjordan), Chair of the Louisiana Black Caucus, giving it to ‘em straight: anecdotal wins don’t equal equity. One-off elections don’t undo…

I might’ve said it with more flavor back then—but did I lie? Was North Baton Rouge okay? We’ve watched investment after investment go in, but the people still hurting. Folks were having glossy, feel-good conversations while the transformation happening wasn’t for the good. And…