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CHICAGO (CBS) — Hillary Clinton returned home to Chicago Thursday. She was in town to join a campaign of a different kind: recruiting black women for public office. “Today black women are not only the base of the Democratic party, you are essential to our democracy,” says Clinton. “Everyone who ran, everyone who is running right…

Just months ago, Democrats thanked black women for voting in high numbers to block accused sexual predator Roy Moore from winning an Alabama Senate seat. But now, black women running for the first time in 2018 say they’re facing systematic obstacles endemic to a political system that wasn’t built for them. As many of these women enter competitive…

The Ida B. Wells Legacy Committee is one of the few political action committees dedicated to developing and supporting progressive African-American women candidates in Illinois. “After carrying everyone else on our backs, it’s time for us to carry each other,” states Delmarie Cobb, founder of Ida’s Legacy. This past election, Ida’s Legacy endorsed five women…

Ida’s Legacy is the only PAC in Illinois to focus on Progressive African-American Women Candidates The Ida B. Wells Legacy Committee is pleased to announce the Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the political action committee’s first luncheon fundraiser, Thursday, April 12, 2018 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, 301 E. North…

The Women’s Media Center report  “The Status of Women of Color in the U.S. News Media 2018” offers a rare look at where women journalists of color are — and aren’t — in legacy print, radio, TV, and digital news. It is an important extension and extrapolation of data previously published in the Women’s Media…

Today, women stand at a moment of political ascendance in America. As the Women’s Marches, the #MeToo movement, and 2018’s first TIME Magazine cover make clear, women are evolving from resistance fighters to power brokers. But while women are running for office in record numbers, they continue to face considerable challenges. In our work with…

Lauren Underwood, an Arena Fellow, has won her primary and is now the Democratic nominee for US Congress in the Illinois 14th District. In an upset victory against six challengers, Lauren won with 57.3% of the vote with 99% of precincts reporting. What’s more, this primary marks historic turnout in Illinois, with 48,743 votes counted.…

On a Friday afternoon in late September, dozens of young black political hopefuls gathered at a restaurant in Northwest Washington to talk strategy and shore one another up. Nearby at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference was underway, bringing together lawmakers, activists, faith leaders and others to assess…

It was supposed to be different by now. When Ursula Burns quietly shut off the light to her office as Xerox CEO at the end of 2016, her departure also cast a light on a sad statistic: There are currently zero African-American women running Fortune 500 companies. Burns’ appointment to the top job in 2009 had been hailed as a…

First, I’ll start off this article by stating a simple fact: I saw Black Panther on opening night, and since then, I’ve wanted to write this post. I walked out of that film with so many ideas to talk about, I was nigh bursting. However, I waited this long to post anything about Black Panther…