Congress doesn’t look much like America. And state legislatures aren’t any better. Congress is currently 80 percent male, 80 percent non-Hispanic white, and over 50 percent millionaires. In short, legislatures are a rich, white, men’s club. But the good news is, there is a trend toward diversity in Congress among every metric, except socioeconomic.
Read MoreWe're tracking statements by all the candidates on what they will do (or have done) to promote diversity and inclusion among their own staff and business partners, what they think the state government can do, and how they are responding to recent acts of hate speech in the state.
Read MorePrior to the Comey debacle and ensuing response (or lack there of) from Congress (more to come in a future post), there had been some bright spots in Congressional action on our issues recently so we do have some reasons to cheer this week, and also plans to remain vigilant about attempted rollbacks to historic protections for marginalized groups.
Read MoreCongress just voted for a bill that is not just bad policy, it negatively and disproportionately impacts women and the poor.
Read MoreImportantly, Diversity Matters will now look ahead.
Read MoreDiversity Matters is pleased to announce our alliance with Virginia Leadership Institute. VLI was created in 2006 with the specific goal of increasing the number of African-American elected and appointed officials.
Read MoreWe cannot have a democracy that represents the people if segments of the population are not able to cast their vote, and we must be vigilant in taking action against laws that restrict voter access.
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