Rhonda Stewart used data from our Tipping the Scales report in her article “How Black female prosecutors are challenging the status quo and fighting for reform”.
NPR: Do Elected Sheriffs Have Outsized Power In The U.S.?
NPR’s Michel Martin talks with Campaign Director Brenda Choresi Carter about our latest findings about America’s Sheriffs.
Miami Herald: Elected sheriffs are 90% white men, report says. How does that affect our policing?
The Miami Herald discusses our report Confronting the Demographics of Power: America’s Sheriffs.
Black Enterprise: New Report: 90% of America’s Sheriffs Are White Men
Selena Hill discusses the Reflective Democracy Campaign report on America’s Sheriffs for Black Enterprise.
Sacramento Bee: Elected sheriffs are 90% white men, report says. How does that affect our policing?
The Sacramento Bee discusses the Reflective Democracy Campaign report Confronting the Demographics of Power: America’s Sheriffs.
Op-Ed for Essence: Arbery Case Shows Why We Need More Diverse Prosecutors
Campaign Director Brenda Choresi Carter wrote an op-ed at Essence after Ahmaud Arbery’s case showed – again – why a criminal system managed by elected prosecutors who are 95% white is not just broken; it poses a danger to public safety.
ABC News: For the few black women prosecutors, hate and ‘misogynoir’ are part of life
Christina Carrega references our Tipping the Scales report in her article “For the few black women prosecutors, hate and ‘misogynoir’ are part of life.” From the article: “Prior to the November 2019 election cycle, 20% of the population are women of color, but represented 1.87% of the 2,396 elected prosecutor titles — district attorney, prosecuting…
Colorlines: Study Says When Women of Color Enter Prosecutor Races, They Win
N. Jamiyla Chisholm discusses our latest prosecutor research – Tipping the Scales – for Colorlines.
The Crime Report: ‘Old Boys Club’ of White, Male Prosecutors Facing Change: Study
Andrea Cipriano discusses the data from our Tipping The Scales report on prosecutors in an article for The Crime Report.
Huffington Post: Elected Prosecutors Are Still Overwhelmingly White And Male
Ryan J. Reilly discusses the Reflective Democracy Campaign’s Tipping the Scales report in an article for the Huffington Post.
In Chicago (and Elsewhere), Women of Color Prosecutors Confront Entrenched Power
Were you confused by the fallout from Jussie Smollett’s apparent staging of a hate crime against himself? Some people felt let down when — after Chicago’s police chief publicly excoriated the young actor — no charges were filed against him. Was it fair for Smollett to walk away from all that chaos when so many…
Greater Race & Gender Equity In Prosecutors Jump-Starts Criminal Justice Reform
When the Christian Science Monitor recently announced the advent of “a new breed of prosecutors,” the Reflective Democracy Campaign stood up and cheered. It was our data that first broke the news: across the country, 95% of elected prosecutors are white, and 83% are men. Meanwhile, black and brown people go to prison for drug…
