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Guest Commentator

Steven Hill

BC Guest Commentator Steven Hill is chief editor of @DemocracySOS. He is a political writer and author of seven books, among them “10 Steps to Repair American Democracy,” Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope in an Insecure Ageand Raw Deal: How the Uber Economy and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers. His op-eds, articles and media interview have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN, CNBC, C-Span, NPR, Democracy Now, The Atlantic, Politico, Guardian, The Nation, American Prospect, Le Monde, Die Zeit and many others.

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Black History Month – Black Women: The Most Politically Underrepresented Demographic

By Steven Hill Guest Commentator

A new report from RepresentWomen.org shows how Black women are like the canaries in the mine shaft of US democracy, they indicate danger.

Black women are among the most politically underrepresented Americans. They are 7.7 percent of the total US population and 15.3 percent of the population of women,…

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