Brand New Blog

Brand New Blog

A library of articles written by current and former candidates on the slate, BNC staff and volunteers, respected community leaders, and other friends of Brand New Congress. 

A photo showing protesters from a March Black Lives Matter Rally, including Adrienne Bell, Executive Director of Brand New Congress

More Than a Number

The day I lost my son

Brand New Congress candidate Imani Oakley, running for New Jersey's 10th Congressional District, is pictured with her arms crossed, smiling confidently, in front of the steps leading up to a building. The caption reads "Rage against the machine. Oakley takes on New Jersey's corrupt ballot design"

Rage Against the Machine

Will I Be Next?

No celebration Without legislation

Welcome to the New Jim Crow

We are not okay.

They call it redistricting.

a gen Z collage recoginzing the hard work of our ciivil rights icons of the past, which have allowed the other activisits pictured to do the most impactful work of a generation.

Owning My Power

Let’s Be Sure to Offer our Veterans More Than Just Praise.

This Veterans Day, Don’t Just Thank Us, Fight Alongside Us for Change

The Red Land Back flag flies in a smokey blue sky

What is Land Back

Out of the Shadows

Images of white men on horseback as U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents as they chased down Haitian asylum seekers on horseback and whipped them.

It was the whips

We honor the fallen by committing to peace and collective prosperity for all

Don’t turn away from the lesson of 9/11. Embrace it.

Let this be the death of imperialism. Brand New Congress Statement on Afghanistan.

Let this be the death of Imperialism.