Scholars discuss the meaning of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s elevation to the highest court in the land.
- Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
Scholars discuss the meaning of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s potential elevation to the highest court in the land.
A handful of Black women have worn the black robes of a judge in the past, but none has ever been nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. Until now.
Georgia once had ‘the South’s most racist governor,’ a man endorsed by the KKK. Now its senators are a Black pastor and a Jewish son of immigrants. A scholar of minority voters explains what happened.
Women made gains in Congress this election cycle, but they are still underrepresented compared to their share of the population.
Avant Kamala Harris, d’autres femmes de couleur se sont portées candidates aux plus hautes fonctions aux États-Unis. Coup de projecteur sur les plus remarquables de ces pionnières.
Ever heard of Shirley Chisholm? What about Charlene Mitchell and Lenora Fulani? They are among the many African American women who’ve run for president despite enormous political barriers.
Many African American women have run for president of the US, despite the enormous barriers facing both Black and female candidates. Biden’s pick puts a Black woman much closer to the Oval Office.
Four decades after Ellen Craig-Jones of Urbancrest, Ohio, became the US’s first Black woman mayor, seven of the nation’s largest cities are lead by Black women. And what a time to be in charge.
The South is changing, with more Asian and Latino immigrants moving in and diversifying a region that was once black and white. Stacey Abrams knows that Democrats can win these rural voters.
The mayor of Tallahassee underspent three rivals to win the state’s Democratic primary. But what awaits in the general election?
Caribbean immigrants in Miami are upending old assumptions about black voters in Florida. Neither party should take them for granted in this November’s midterm election.
Abrams just made history by securing the nomination for governor of Georgia. Can she win in November?
A minority politics scholar assesses black progress 52 years after MLK’s death based on poverty, jobs and wealth. ‘In some ways,’ she concludes, ‘we’ve barely budged as a people.’
Almost 100 percent of black Alabamians voted for Doug Jones. The Democratic senator-elect can thank this key base by addressing his home state’s problems with rural poverty, education and health care.
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