| February Sat, 2018
“The Chisholm Effect: Black Women in American Politics 2018” Shows the Continued Gains of Black Women and Momentum Going Into the Midterms and 2020
Today Higher Heights Leadership Fund and CAWP released, “The Chisholm Effect: Black Women in American Politics 2018.” The report was released during the 2018 Power Rising Conference in Atlanta, a conference of Black women from across country that have assembled, to develop strategic, actionable ways to build and maximize their economic and political power.
| February Wed, 2018
Murphy Names Women to a Majority of Cabinet Posts Sets New NJ Record for Women’s Appointments
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s cabinet will set a new record for women appointed to top posts in the Garden State. With one position remaining to be filled, Murphy has tapped 11 women for his 21- member cabinet...
| February Thu, 2018
State of the Garden State: Parents Offer Ringing Endorsement of Public School System But Believe Standardized Testing Has Gone Overboard
The vast majority of parents who currently have children in the state’s public school system are highly satisfied with the quality of education their child receives: 80 percent say their child’s school is doing an “excellent” or “good” job.
| February Mon, 2018
State of the Garden State: New Jerseyans Upset With NJ Economic Conditions and Taxes; Still positive about NJ But Less So Than In The Past Three In Ten Say They Would Like To Move Out of State
New Jerseyans are in a malaise these days when it comes to the Garden State: they are angry about the state’s economic climate, and even though they still rate the state positively as a place to live, they are mostly pessimistic about the direction the state is headed.