The Ellison Report is a weekly journal of politics, policy, and the people.
PART I - Brookings’ Social Mobility blog editor Richard V. Reeves examines the devastating impacts of housing segregation, whether it’s self-imposed or government instigated, and how that not only stunts community progress and growth, but infects our politics, too.
PART II – Color of Change’s Rashad Robinson introduces the ColorOfChange PAC (Political Action Committee) that’s been launched to expand greater, and more targeted, national Black political empowerment. The importance of putting community money where community mouth is.
PART III – Probolsky Research’s Justin Wallin discusses the state of those down-ballot House and Senate races, and the impact this presidential cycle is having on them. What are the key states and races to watch?
PART IV – GOP strategist and National Director of African American Engagement for the Republican National Committee Ashly Bell describes the “Republican Leadership Initiative” and if that’s helping the future of Black and Brown involvement in the GOP. Plus: how much of an uphill battle do Republicans of color have to climb in the Age of Trump?
