Why South L.A. Has Earned the Vice Presidency
Karen Bass Has Led Her Community’s 30-Year Transformation. Who Better to Lead a Nation at Rock Bottom?
Can South Los Angeles teach America how to lead?
That’s the promising question behind the news that Karen Bass is a top contender to be the Democratic vice-presidential nominee.
Bass is best known as a consensus-building and uncommonly kind politician who has served South L.A. in the State Assembly (including time as speaker) and in Congress over the past two decades. But far more important than her political career is Bass’ role in a larger story about South L.A.’s transformation over the past 30 years—and about what true leadership looks like in …