“Absolutely people are more accustomed to women in elected office than they were 10 years ago,” Brenda Choresi Carter, the group’s director, told me. “Just numerically, there are a lot more women in elected office. More people are living with that reality, and more people are voting for that reality.”
Inquest: The Prosecutor Paradox
Our Criminal Justice Fellow Premal Dharia and her coauthors cite our groundbreaking reports on the demographics of elected prosecutors in an essay from their new anthology, Dismantling Mass Incarceration.
Pro Publica: How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are Women? If You Live in the Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5
Jennifer Berry Hawes explores the severe impact of gender and race imbalances among state lawmakers on the politics of abortion and health care in the United States, citing our latest data findings throughout.
Kentucky Lantern: Part of a tiny minority in the judicial system, three Black women are safeguarding the rule of law
Reporting on the three Black women – two prosecutors and one judge – currently confronting Donald Trump in court, Vanessa Gallman cites our report on prosecutor demographics.
Capital B: The Thwarted Promise of Black Women Prosecutors
Reporting on the extremist misogynoir attacks faced by Black women elected as prosecutors, Christina Carrega highlights our groundbreaking research on prosecutor demographics.
WESH2: AAPI group to host town hall to increase Asian American voter participation
Reporting on get-out-the-vote efforts in Florida’s AAPI community, Marlei Martinez refers to our report on the dramatic underrepresentation of Asian Americans in office.
ABC7 New York: Trump’s racist rhetoric causes backlash for Black prosecutors
Exploring the impact of Donald Trump’s vocal anti-Black racism, Crystal Canmore cites our research on the imbalanced demographics of the criminal justice system.
Boston Globe: Will a new census proposal bring needed visibility — or racialized blowback?
Citing our reports on white male minority rule and the unbalanced demographics of elected prosecutors, Kimberly Atkins Stohr probes the right wing backlash to truthful data and reporting on race in America.
MSNBC: Stephen Miller is on a crusade to help white men. And it’s working.
Citing our report on white male minority rule, Jesse J. Holland explores the false claims of oppression made by powerful white men.
USA Today: Sheriffs hold a lot of power in counties across America. What are their political views?
Maurice Chammah of the Marshall Project cites our report on America’s sheriffs in his report on the right wing biases of most elected sheriffs.
Bergen Record: How NJ Asian voters want their voices heard in politics
Mary Chao cites our report on AAPI political leadership and underrepresentation in her report on the wave of Asian Americans running for office in New Jersey.
Salon: American apartheid and the wealth gap: How white supremacy drives inequality
Chauncey Devega probes the inextricable ties between race and wealth in America, citing data from our 2021 report, System Failure: What the 2020 Primaries reveal about our democracy.
