Washington, DC- The Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF), a non-profit organization committed to empowering African American women and their families, recently conducted a research project on civic engagement and the Black woman’s vote. The survey was conducted among a national pool of women and men to understand their level of engagement in the election […]
Black Votes Matter PAC Launched to Maximize Black Voter Turnout in Key Battleground States
Concerned that there may be dramatic drop off in the record turnout of Black voters that propelled Barack Obama to the presidency, a group of veteran New York political and civil rights operatives launched Black Votes Matter PAC in an effort to maximize Black voter turnout and candidate attention to issues critical to Black communities […]
Ketanji Brown Jackson Among Judges Being Considered as President Obama’s Nominee to Supreme Court
According to an article in the Washington Post, Ketanji Brown Jackson, a judge appointed in 2013 to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is among five candidates under consideration for President Obama’s nomination to the Supreme Court to succeed the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Other judges under consideration include: Sri Srinivasan and […]