Everton Blair interview

Candidate for Congress in GA-13Everton Blair has spent his career watching systems fail people, and now he’s running to change them. In this conversation, the congressional candidate breaks down why Georgia’s 6th district needs new leadership, what corporate money flooding Democratic primaries actually does to the information voters consume, and how money in politics shapes what people see, hear, and believe. He reflects on what Teach for America showed him about student struggle and unmet needs, and how that lens has shaped everything about how he approaches politics. He talks about coming up in one of the youngest battleground states in the country and why Georgia’s future belongs to young people if they’re willing to claim it. And he’s clear-eyed about the stakes: in a safe blue seat, this race comes down entirely to the primary. Blair also gets into the bigger picture: racial justice, the dangerous link between lack of education and political radicalization, and why America’s history of unlearned lessons demands a different approach to the wars being fought today. At the center of it all, the thing that keeps him going is impact