Candice Fortman (left), a Detroit resident and media executive; Piper Carter (right), an organizer, environmental justice advocate, and entrepreneur who worked on the 2012 Obama campaign. Collage illustration: Renald Louissaint; Photography: Rikki Wright.

Searching for the Other Midwestern Swing Voter

Spoiler: She’s Black and lives in Detroit

For two evenings in late July, the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates debated at Detroit’s Fox Theater, often invoking appeals to a mythical…