Archive for December 2017

What Black Women Running For Office Are Up Against

“African-American women are the backbone of the Democratic Party,” an ecstatic Tom Perez, chair of the Democratic National Committee, said not once, but twice on a press call Wednesday. Perez was stating the undeniable after 98 percent of black women voted for Doug Jones in Tuesday’s special election, overcoming systemic barriers to make Jones the…

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Black Women Kept Roy Moore Out of Office. Here’s How to Actually Thank Them.

Late on Tuesday night, America was once again reminded of the power of Black women. Thanks in large part to overwhelmingly high turnout among Black voters and Black women in particular, Alabama managed to elect a pro-choice Democrat in the Bible Belt, tighten up the U.S. Senate’s progressive alliance, and keep an accused child molester…

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Black Women Played A Big Part In Doug Jones’ Surprise Victory In Alabama

WASHINGTON ― Increased turnout among black voters ― particularly black women ― fueled Democrat Doug Jones’ stunning victory in Alabama’s Senate special election on Tuesday, demonstrating how crucial they are to the party’s base. According to exit polls, an astounding 98 percent of black women who cast ballots voted for Jones (as did 93 percent…

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Doug Jones May Have Won, But White Women Lost in Alabama Last Night

Last night, former federal prosecutor Doug Jones pulled off a long-shot victory over multiply accused child molester Roy Moore in the special election for Jeff Sessions’s vacant Alabama Senate seat, effectively restoring many Americans’ faith in humanity. But while Jones won big, white women definitively lost the night, as CNN exit polls revealed that a…

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MeToo hijacked black women’s work on race and gender equality

In 1975, a payroll clerk at the US Environmental Protection Agency named Paulette Barnes sued the agency when she was fired for refusing a boss’s advances. A year later, a former US Justice Department employee named Diane Williams filed a claim against her ex-employers for the same reason. They won their cases, paving the way for the Supreme Court’s unanimous…

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