Southern Black leaders warn their power is on the line — and Democrats are looking elsewhere

Southern Black leaders warn their power is on the line — and Democrats are looking elsewhere

Black leaders across the South have expressed a visceral shock in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act. But as the surprise wears off, a sense of isolation has begun to set in among some. Black lawmakers and activists across the Deep South argue they have been abandoned by the Democratic Party to fight an existential crisis on their own. They say they've been let down by nearly all corners of the party: would be…