Political strategist Karen Finney discusses the child tax credit and Black women in politics

From left to right, Elmira Bayrasli (Foreign Policy Interrupted), Lauren Bohn (Foreign Policy Interrupted), Ben Pauker (Foreign Policy), Karen Finney (Media Matters), Peter Bergen (New America) on a panel, February 4, 2015. (Wikimedia Commons)

This story was updated Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 8:40 p.m.

Democratic strategist and CNN contributor Karen Finney has spent decades working to secure reproductive rights and advance women in US politics. 

On Thursday night, Oct. 19, while Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, was still trying to secure his bid to be speaker of the House, Finney sat down to talk with Melissa Harris-Perry, Maya Angelou presidential chair at Wake Forest University and founder of the Anna Julia Cooper Center.