A year ago today, as the 2018 midterms were approaching, The New Republic ran “The Fearless Rise of the New Black Southern Progressive” by Bob Moser. Today, as we dive deeper and deeper into the election-year politics that will culminate in November 2020, this long-form piece is worth a read (or a re-read). The South’s first primary, in South Carolina, is set for February 29, 2020, four and half months from now.