The Department of Justice will send over 500 election monitors to 28 states to help ensure federal voting rights are enforced in 67 jurisdictions. Compared to 2012, there are fewer monitors to go around, and more states and jurisdictions are being covered. During the last presidential election, the Justice Department…
Tag: Election 2016
107-Year-Old Black Woman, Daughter of Slaves, Ready to Vote
South Carolina resident Donella Wilson has voted in every national and local election since 1948. By Sheryl Estrada Election Day has great meaning for Donella Wilson, a 107-year-old Black woman born to parents who were slaves in Calhoun County, South Carolina. On Tuesday Wilson will vote in a presidential election…
Nielsen's Pulse on the Polls: Looking at Voter Sentiment Surrounding the Presidential Election
The political rhetoric is at fever pitch levels on both sides of the aisle. But what do consumers think about their involvement in the U.S. political system To find out, Harris Poll conducted a survey for Nielsen (No. 41 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) that focused on consumer…
Cox's Dealer.com: Drop in Vehicle Shopping in Battleground States Heading into 2016 Election
Dealer.com, a Cox Automotive (a division of Cox No. 18 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) brand operating websites for more than 60 percent of franchise car dealerships in the United States, reported that car shopping behavior in battleground states is suffering. Identified through vehicle detail page (VDP) views…
Trump May Win If You Don’t Vote
Only one candidate directly addressed the coalition of Black, Latino and white citizens who elected Barack Obama twice — Donald Trump. We are facing the choice between two flawed candidates, but one of them is a monster. Donald Trump exploited customers, contractors, business partners, wives and the man who was…
Facebook Video Shows Trump Supporter's Road Rage Against Black Motorist
UPDATED: Nov. 8, 2016, 11:03 a.m. EST “Are you just another n**ger that doesn’t understand anything” the Trump supporter said. By Sheryl Estrada As Election Day approaches, a Black male Memphis, Tennessee, resident with the Facebook account name Skye Lev posted a video of a road rage incident that occurred…
Clinton Cleared of FBI Charges Again
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton will not face charges over newly discovered emails, FBI Director James Comey announced on Sunday. In a letter written to congressional committee chairmen Comey wrote: “Since my [October 28] letter, the FBI investigative team has been working around the clock to process and review a large…
The Selma Initiative: NAACP Mobilizes for Voter Protection
“The kinds of threats we have heard in recent months harken back to the first half of the 20thcentury,” saidNAACPPresident and CEO Cornell W. Brooks. By Sheryl Estrada In order to protect Americans from voter suppression, theNAACP has launched a nationwide endeavor called The Selma Initiative. In the final days…
Pro-Trump Trolls Falsely Tell Minorities They Can Text Their Vote
'Vote Trump' Painted on Historic Black Church in Mississippi Burned in Fire
Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church, a historically Black church in Greenville, Mississippi, built more than 100 years ago, was set on fire and vandalized on Tuesday night. “Vote Trump” was written on the right side of the church with spray paint. None of the church’s 200 members were in the building…