In this episode of Apex Ascend: Teaching Lions How to Rise and Roar, Rodney LaBruce shares why he’s running for Congress — to bridge the gap between the powerful and the powerless, the wealthy and the poor, the democracy on paper and the democracy people actually live.

He breaks down voting inequality, the democracy deficit, and the rigged rules of the game that keep everyday people locked out of power. Drawing from Scripture and hard data, Rodney challenges the myths of trickle-down economics, exposes the human cost of poverty, and calls for a new kind of leadership rooted in justice, mercy, and humility.

This is not about managing poverty. It’s about ending it. Because if democracy is going to survive, it must work for the people who need it most.