Attorney and author. Graduate of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and Harvard Law School.
Schimel is the Republican-endorsed candidate in the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
By Jesse Valentine - March 04, 2025
Bacon was reelected by less than 6000 votes. Approximately 78,000 of his constituents receive Medicaid.
By - February 28, 2025
Dr. Oz’s business associates could benefit from the change.
By Jesse Valentine - February 27, 2025
Circuit Judge Crawford and former Republican state Attorney General Brad Schimel are running in the April 1 general election for an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
By Josh Israel - February 24, 2025
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters praised Trump for picking a Labor Secretary who co-sponsored the pro-union legislation.
By Jesse Valentine - February 20, 2025
Ciattarelli supports President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
By Jesse Valentine - February 19, 2025
The funds were given to the city for the express purpose of connecting migrants with aid, shelter, and basic medical care.
By Jesse Valentine - February 18, 2025
McMahon, the co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment, contributed $15 million to Trump’s reelection campaign.
By - February 13, 2025
Despite pledging never to prejudge cases, the former Republican Wisconsin attorney general has indicated his commitment to upholding the state’s restrictions on labor unions.
By Josh Israel - February 11, 2025
Marko Elez allegedly said “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.”
By Jesse Valentine - February 10, 2025
The Fraternal Order of Police, which endorsed Trump in 2024, says the Jan. 6 pardons threaten public safety.
By Jesse Valentine - February 05, 2025
Several Texas doctors spoke to Courier Texas about how the state’s abortion bans are preventing them from properly providing health care.
By Bonnie Fuller - February 04, 2025
More than 72 million Americans receive health insurance through Medicaid.
By Jesse Valentine - January 30, 2025
Trump pledged to not “play around” with Medicaid during his 2024 campaign.
By Jesse Valentine - January 24, 2025
The Texas abortion ban’s harsh penalties are “terrifying” doctors, leading to women dying from miscarriages.
By Bonnie Fuller - January 23, 2025
Trump pardoned violent criminals, despite several Trump allies promising he wouldn’t.
By Jesse Valentine - January 23, 2025
Lawsuits currently pending in Minnesota, Georgia, and North Carolina have the potential to disenfranchise thousands of voters.
By Jesse Valentine - January 23, 2025
ASEAN is arguably the most important political and economic partnership in the Indo-Pacific
By Jesse Valentine - January 15, 2025
The FEC prohibits the use of campaign funds for personal attire.
By Jesse Valentine - January 14, 2025
Tens of thousands of Californians have been displaced by recent wildfires.
By Jesse Valentine - January 09, 2025
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown has long championed the cause of increasing Social Security benefits for public workers.
By Jesse Valentine - January 07, 2025
Thune flip-flopped three times on providing care to veterans exposed to toxic substances.
By Jesse Valentine - December 30, 2024
The Montana Democrat consistently ranked as one of the most effective lawmakers in Congress during his 18 years in the US Senate.
By Josh Israel - December 30, 2024
More than 1 million veterans across the United States have had PACT Act claims approved.
By Oliver Willis - December 30, 2024
The Montana Democrat consistently ranked as one of the most effective lawmakers in Congress during his 18 years in the US Senate.
By Josh Israel - December 30, 2024
A $600,000 federal grant will help state and local officials work to prevent veteran suicide.
By Anna Gustafson - December 30, 2024
Currently, veterans are only eligible for IVF coverage through the Department of Defense if they have a service-connected injury or illness that prevents them from conceiving.
By Emily Singer - December 30, 2024
Lombardo’s involvement in downballot races was unusual for a sitting governor.
By Jesse Valentine - December 12, 2024
Several of Trump’s cabinet picks have worked to undermine workers’ rights.
By Jesse Valentine - November 26, 2024
Ken Paxton has been accused of corruption, bribery, and self-dealing
By Jesse Valentine - November 13, 2024
Every seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives is up for election this year.
By Jesse Valentine - November 04, 2024
The Michigan Supreme Court overturned a Republican attempt to gut a paid sick leave law.
By Jesse Valentine - November 01, 2024
I was 17 when I found out that I was pregnant and was already about 8 weeks along. I was so overwhelmed because I had no idea of what my options were going to be, and I was afraid. I was well aware that I wouldn’t be able to access an abortion in Texas. The […]
By Bonnie Fuller - October 31, 2024
Hogan refused to sign a state law that banned price gouging by drugmakers.
By Jesse Valentine - October 30, 2024
Chavez-DeRemer represents Oregon’s 5th district despite living in District 3.
By Jesse Valentine - October 30, 2024
More than half of Ohio’s child care funding comes from a federal program.
By Jesse Valentine - October 30, 2024
Collins has a history of incendiary and offensive social media posts.
By Jesse Valentine - October 28, 2024
The partisan split in the Michigan House of Representatives will be decided in the Nov. 5 election.
By Jesse Valentine - October 28, 2024
Ayotte voted on multiple occasions to cut financial aid for low-income students.
By Jesse Valentine - October 23, 2024
Some pro-voucher lawmakers pushed for the Bible to be taught in elementary schools.
By Jesse Valentine - October 23, 2024
Critics of school choice say it diverts funds away from public schools to private institutions.
By Jesse Valentine - October 22, 2024
Beckwith pledged to defund Planned Parenthood “not only in Indiana, but across the country.”
By Jesse Valentine - October 16, 2024
Scott is being accused of using military members for political gain.
By Jesse Valentine - October 15, 2024
Bishop opposed a bill that could’ve helped missing person investigations in his own district.
By Jesse Valentine - October 08, 2024
Bresnahan’s net worth is estimated to be up to $69 million.
By Jesse Valentine - October 07, 2024
Senate candidate’s claims of tapes being ‘chopped’ debunked
By Darrell Ehrlick, Daily Montanan - October 04, 2024
The groups claim Rosen is guilty of insider trading, an offense she has never committed or been investigated for.
By Jesse Valentine - October 04, 2024
Moreno was appointed to the MetroHealth board by a CEO who was later fired for malfeasance.
By Jesse Valentine - October 01, 2024
Doctors have warned that American women will die as a result of Trump's state abortion bans - now they have.
By Bonnie Fuller - September 23, 2024
Dave McCormick has described Iran as “our sworn enemy” and the “underwriter of terror across the Middle East.”
By Jesse Valentine - September 18, 2024
More than 700,000 veterans in Virginia could lose their health insurance under the plan.
By Jesse Valentine - September 18, 2024
Hovde has touted his work with assisted living facilities as an asset on the campaign trail.
By Jesse Valentine - September 18, 2024
Montanas could vote to add a right to abortion access to their state constitution.
By Jesse Valentine - September 13, 2024
Ayotte voted at least nine times to repeal Obamacare
By Jesse Valentine - September 04, 2024
Buckhout said President Joe Biden should be impeached for not being tougher on China.
By Jesse Valentine - August 23, 2024
Scott travels almost exclusively on a private jet.
By Jesse Valentine - August 21, 2024
Moreno says extending Trump’s tax cuts would lessen the national debt. It won’t.
By Jesse Valentine - August 21, 2024
In July, 3,793 Mainers registered to vote, which was higher than every month since the 2023 November election.
By Emma Davis, Maine Morning Star - August 14, 2024
Disinformation about foreign investments has engulfed the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania.
By Jesse Valentine - August 14, 2024
Hovde is running for the U.S. Senate on a platform that emphasizes economic opportunity.
By Jesse Valentine - August 13, 2024
As Secretary of the Interior, Zinke spent $12,000 on a private jet from Las Vegas to Montana.
By Jesse Valentine - August 12, 2024
Bresnahan has contributed thousands of dollars to anti-abortion candidates
By Jesse Valentine - August 06, 2024
Gianforte criticized the Biden administration for giving temporary work status to Venezuelan asylum seekers.
By Jesse Valentine - August 05, 2024
Calvert has cast several votes seeking to curtail abortion access throughout his 30 years in Congress.
By Jesse Valentine - July 29, 2024
Ayotte has endorsed Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign
By Jesse Valentine - July 26, 2024
Former Pres. Donald Trump needs to discard his storied penchant for racist and sexist tropes and nicknames if he wants to win over independent voters in his likely race against Vice Pres. Kamala Harris, say political experts in Nevada, one of a handful of battleground states.
By Dana Gentry, Nevada Current - July 24, 2024
Cruz’s Democratic opponent says he is the “architect” of the state’s prohibitive abortion laws.
By Jesse Valentine - July 23, 2024
Bridger Aerospace is being sued by two former employees for breach of contract.
By Jesse Valentine - July 22, 2024
Brown’s race for U.S. Senate could decide which party controls congress in 2025.
By Jesse Valentine - July 09, 2024
Domenici is one of several Republican U.S. Senate candidates who has been scrutinized for owning properties in multiple states.
By Jesse Valentine - July 08, 2024
Robinson said feminism has created a generation of weak minded men.
By Jesse Valentine - July 03, 2024
Ayotte has repeatedly backed reforms to Medicare and Social Security that would result in less Americans getting the support they need.
By Jesse Valentine - July 02, 2024
Paxton’s close relationship with the Texas Public Policy Foundation dates back to 2015.
By Jesse Valentine - June 24, 2024
Cruz’s podcast is the subject of an FEC complaint claiming its ad revenue structure violated campaign finance law
By Jesse Valentine - June 11, 2024
Lake’s budget proposal could imperil border security, which Lake often cites as one of her top priorities.
By Jesse Valentine - June 10, 2024
Cao supported a claim that diversity and inclusion initiatives caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
By Jesse Valentine - June 06, 2024
Moreno is one of multiple Republican U.S. Senate candidates to exaggerate their background.
By Jesse Valentine - May 24, 2024
Voters in several states will likely have the chance to reverse their states’ abortion bans this November — but the election results could come too late for clinics that have been forced to scale back or even shut down while those bans were in effect.
By Chabeli Carrazana and Shefali Luthra - May 22, 2024
When Ayotte worked with Caterpillar Inc. the company offshored over 2,000 jobs.
By Jesse Valentine - May 21, 2024
Medical residencies are key for getting doctors to practice in states, and declines can contribute to shortages.
By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector - May 21, 2024
Texas Rep. Monica De La Cruz celebrated a police funding initiative that her caucus now wants to eliminate.
By Jesse Valentine - May 16, 2024
Robinson said science education should be taken out of elementary schools
By Jesse Valentine - May 16, 2024
The Republic Pregnancy Resource Center website provides step-by-step directions from local middle and high schools to their address.
By Jesse Valentine - May 14, 2024
Brown has called for abolishing the U.S. Department of Education.
By Jesse Valentine - May 09, 2024
Luna supports abortions bans with no exceptions for rape
By Jesse Valentine - May 07, 2024
Donald Trump is planning to release more details in the weeks ahead about how his administration would regulate access to medication abortion, according to comments he made during a lengthy interview with Time magazine published Tuesday.
By Jennifer Shutt, States Newsroom - April 30, 2024
Dobson is the Republican candidate in what will be one of the most-watched House races of 2024.
By Jesse Valentine - April 30, 2024
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s claim to not know about the millions an Akron utility spent supporting his 2018 campaign for governor simply isn’t credible, an Ohio political scientist said in a recent interview. A spokesperson for DeWine pushed back. FirstEnergy provided that support, then spent more than $60 million to pass and protect a $1.3 billion ratepayer-financed […]
By Marty Schladen, Ohio Capital Journal - April 29, 2024
Hate crimes in the United States rose from 2022 to 2023.
By Jesse Valentine - April 15, 2024
Cao is a former U.S Navy captain.
By Jesse Valentine - March 29, 2024
Kiggans has flirted with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
By Jesse Valentine - March 08, 2024
Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. GOP senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't care.
By Jesse Valentine - March 07, 2024
Syngenta AG owns approximately 1500 acres of U.S farmland.
By Jesse Valentine - March 04, 2024
Hovde is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin despite primarily residing in California.
By Jesse Valentine - February 26, 2024
McCormick says we need leaders with the moral clarity to condemn antisemitism.
By Jesse Valentine - February 09, 2024
Of the nearly dozen gun bills lawmakers will soon take up, one is particularly noteworthy because it’s backed by unlikely allies: mental health advocates and a pair of House members who’ve long been at opposite ends of firearm legislation.
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 31, 2024
The United Auto Workers of America endorsed the re-election of President Joe Biden Wednesday, just months after he became the first sitting U.S. president to walk a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan.
By Ashley Murray, States Newsroom - January 24, 2024
Gunter has repeatedly referred to Brown as “Scam Brown”
By Jesse Valentine - January 17, 2024
The state of Texas robbed Amanda Zurawski of her fertility and almost her life when it wouldn’t permit her an abortion so she’s gone to the state’s Supreme Court to change the law - “this is why I’m on earth”
By Bonnie Fuller - January 10, 2024
Health care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have greater access to the care they need.
By Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters - January 08, 2024
Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.
By Jesse Valentine - January 05, 2024
On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would make registering to vote an online experience.
By Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 04, 2024
Most Americans believe wealthy individuals and big corporations don’t pay their fair share in taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 22, 2023
Even the Republican senator's home county gave Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a larger share of the vote than four years earlier.
By - December 15, 2023
Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.
By Jesse Valentine - December 08, 2023
Eric Hovde's proposal is similar to Sen. Rick Scott's unpopular 2022 plan to make every American pay income taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 07, 2023
A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance - December 06, 2023
Both former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Rep. George Santos have lied about their records and been accused of defrauding veterans.
By Jesse Valentine - December 05, 2023
Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.
By Jesse Valentine - December 04, 2023
More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.
By Jesse Valentine - November 30, 2023
Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.
By Jesse Valentine - November 06, 2023
The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.
By Jesse Valentine - November 03, 2023
It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.
By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today - October 24, 2023
With each passing day, new holes are punched into Donald Trump Jr’s lies about his meeting with Russian operatives during the presidential campaign. The increasingly troubling story — a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma — has become so far-fetched that even ardent supporters like Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), who notoriously used the […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - July 18, 2017
Donald Trump’s obsession with ransacking President Barack Obama’s legacy is not just a one-man jealous rampage, but one which permeates his entire administration — most notably the Justice Department and its chief, Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Largely ignoring Russia’s interference in our election, Sessions has instead devoted significant attention and resources toward making it easier for […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - July 09, 2017
Former FBI Director James Comey testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday appeared to offera compelling case against Donald Trump for obstruction of justice. Comey was unequivocal in asserting that he was fired because of the FBI’s criminal investigation of Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, and the links between members of the Trump team and Russia. And […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - June 10, 2017
My home state of Texas has a tattered history and a terrible record when it comes to discrimination against Black and Latino Texans. As a sixth-generation Texan of African-American descent, families like mine have faced all sorts of shenanigans through the decades to disenfranchise us and limit our ability to be involved in the development […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - April 24, 2017
While Donald Trump has had plenty to say about the terror attack in London, his White House has been extremely reluctant to say anything at all about the deadly domestic terror attack in Portland, Oregon. It’s a safe bet that Trump’s deputy press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, filling in on Monday for Sean Spicer, might […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - June 05, 2017
“I need you all to really think about what you have the ability and the power to do today.” Two years after the tragic death of her daughter, Sandra Bland, Geneva Reed-Veal returned to the state that many believe is responsible for taking her child’s life. Reed-Veal faced the Texas Legislature this week as a […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - April 15, 2017
Behind the scenes, Rep. Maxine Waters is a phenomenally hard-working and proactive public servant. She follows through and fights as fiercely for the rights of ordinary Americans as she does for her dignity — and my family is a witness to her commitment. Because she helped us in our hour of need when no one […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - March 29, 2017
As we approached the first Thanksgiving following Donald Trump’s election to the presidency, I described how the season of thanks had become a “season of fear” for Black families. The “countless media stories of violence and racially motivated provocations on college campuses in the wake of the presidential election” were not just headlines. These news […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - May 14, 2017
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) is a force of nature. And she is unafraid. Whether she is facing down an “indecent” president or a conservative talk show host’s racist comments at her expense, she is unbowed. And she declared to Chris Hayes, “I’m a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated.” HAYES: Congresswoman, it was […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - March 28, 2017
Politico reports that the House Republicans just voted to roll back Americans’ right to privacy on the internet: House Republicans voted Tuesday to revoke the FCC’s broadband privacy rules, sending legislation to the White House that would undo the federal government’s strongest-ever online privacy regulations. Republicans passed the bill 215 to 205 over the fierce […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - March 28, 2017
“No home training.” That’s what my no-nonsense, but always well-mannered, Texan grandmother would say if she were still alive to witness the current crop of Republican officeholders and candidates. From the commander in chief, all the way down the line to local representatives, ridiculously offensive words and behavior has become so prevalent among the GOP, that it […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - May 27, 2017
Notorious B.I.G. said it best: “Mo’ money, mo’ problems.” Former President Barack Obama recently accepted a $400,000 speaking fee to appear at a fall conference, sponsored by investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, on the topic of health care. And immediately, a bipartisan Greek chorus began to sling arrows and chant their disapproval and distaste. Aaron Blake […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - May 07, 2017
While the world was focused on Donald Trump’s relentless stream of foibles and failures, the otherwise stagnant House of Representatives quietly passed legislation broadening Trump’s power over matters of intellectual property. In a bipartisan, 378-48 vote, the House passed the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act (H.R. 1695), which wrests the librarian of Congress’ ability […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - May 22, 2017
As Donald Trump and the GOP focused their attention this week on their harmful plan to repeal Obamacare, Senate Republicans voted, without fanfare and with minimal media attention, to eliminate the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule signed by President Barack Obama in 2014, which protected workers employed by federal contractors from wage theft, unsafe working conditions, and other unlawful […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - March 10, 2017
One hundred days ago, the man who showed us “the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too,” boarded a Marine helicopter and waved goodbye to the nation he served so honorably and honestly for 8 years. The tenure thus far of his predecessor, Donald Trump, […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - April 30, 2017
White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway has been out of sight for a while, after a slew of missteps and blatant dishonesty with the media and the American people. She finally reappeared at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual gathering, where she criticized feminism as “anti-male” and “very pro-abortion,” and claimed of her boss, Donald Trump: […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - February 28, 2017
The Trump team has now confirmed reports initiated by David Ignatius of the Washington Post and reiterated by other news organizations that Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, Trump’s selection to become his National Security Advisor, contacted the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, in late December 2016. Flynn reportedly made several telephone calls […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - January 13, 2017
In one of his first acts as Attorney General, former Alabama Republican Senator Jeff Sessions dropped a Justice Department challenge to a Texas voter ID law that was ruled intentionally discriminatory against minorities and the poor by federal courts. Sessions decided that the Justice Department would no longer pursue discrimination charges against the State of […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - March 01, 2017
Donald Trump’s words and intent regarding Muslims have always been clear. Despite his last minute protestations to the contrary, it is obvious that Trump intentionally acted to discriminate against individuals on the basis of religion when he signed the executive order banning Syrian refugees from entering the country and restricting immigration from a number of Muslim […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - February 08, 2017
As the inauguration ceremonies were underway on Friday, I detailed the compelling case for the impeachment of President Donald Trump as of the moment he took the oath of office. Because of his vast foreign dealings, holdings, and entanglements, and his refusal to adequately divest or separate himself from his businesses and assets before assuming the […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - January 23, 2017
At 12:01pm today, Donald J. Trump became the 45th president of the United States. And at the second he assumed the presidency, President Trump was in violation of the Constitution he pledged an oath to uphold. Ethics watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has already filed complaints against Trump relating to legal […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - January 20, 2017
Donald Trump took to Facebook for his weekly presidential address, ostensibly as an attempt to reach out to Black citizens, and eschewing journalists’ probes in favor of a few minutes of “likes” from supporters, who posted comments such as “The devil is at work in the Democratic Party” and “please don’t release your tax returns, […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - February 04, 2017
As President-elect, Donald Trump has “made a practice of freely mixing the business of the United States of America and his private business interests.” My colleague, Melissa McEwan, detailed for Shareblue the gravity of Trump’s entanglements: Reports on the myriad ways in which Trump may be compromised, as both head of state and head of government, […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - December 22, 2016
Though his nomination by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as U.S. Attorney General may clear Congress, Alabama Republican Senator Jeff Sessions cannot escape his legacy. A new wave of prominent attorneys and public servants with first-hand knowledge of Sessions’ civil rights record have come forward to challenge not only his nomination, but the accuracy of […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - January 06, 2017
I am a native-born American citizen. But like many non-white Americans, I have experienced being ordered to “go back to where you came from.” Never mind that I am a multi-generational Texan whose family has been here for centuries. I am a descendant of American slaves and slaveholders — my ancestors have been here an […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - December 24, 2016
My colleague, Melissa McEwan, recently reported on the national crisis resulting from Russia’s interference in our recent presidential election and the silence and obstruction of Republican leaders in regard to full and nonpartisan investigations. And Russia’s aggressive flexing does not stop there. In a multi-pronged strategy of aggression and incursion, the cyber attacks have occurred […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - December 19, 2016
This Thanksgiving, many of my friends are excited to welcome home their beloved children from college. I will soon send a child to college and know that I will experience that bittersweet mix of emotions when she leaves and then returns for precious holidays. But this year, our typically joyous season of Thanksgiving is laced […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - November 24, 2016
During the campaign, Donald Trump offered this boast about his university, and his supposed principles: Trump University has a 98% approval rating. I could have settled but won’t out of principle! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 29, 2016 Contrary to this previous declaration, today he agreed to settle the three lawsuits against Trump University, to […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - November 18, 2016
When the First Lady uttered that now famous phrase, “when they go low, we go high,” it was not some empty campaign slogan. It came from her core. At the time, I wrote about how my Harvard Law School classmate Michelle Obama so perfectly articulated “why America is the greatest nation on earth, full of promise […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - November 02, 2016
During the Democratic National Convention this summer, I wrote about the women — Black women — who ran the show in Philadelphia, and ran it “beautifully.” And now New York magazine has introduced us to the Black women working on Hillary Clinton’s campaign, reporting that there are “more African-American women working on [her] campaign than any other […]
By Ginger McKnight-Chavers - October 25, 2016