About Donna Brazile

Donna Brazile is a veteran political strategist, Senior Advisor at Purple Strategies, New York Times bestselling author, Chair of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, and sought-after Emmy- and Peabody-award-winning media contributor to such outlets as ABC News, USA Today and TheGrio. She previously served as interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee and of the DNC’s Voting Rights Institute. Donna was the first Black American to serve as the manager of a major-party presidential campaign, running the campaign of Vice President Al Gore in 2000. She serves as an adjunct professor in the Women and Gender Studies Department at Georgetown University and served as the King Endowed Chair in Public Policy at Howard University and as a fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School. She has lectured at nearly 250 colleges and universities on diversity, equity and inclusion; women in leadership; and restoring civility in American politics.

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Juneteenth Marked With Celebrations And Marches In Cities Across America
January 16, 2023
Dr. King didn’t just dream about a better America and a better world — he worked with all his energy…
December 27, 2022
The proclamation didn’t bring immediate freedom to the approximately 4 million enslaved Black people. But it did lead to significant…
December 16, 2022
President Joe Biden's judicial appointments to the federal bench are the most diverse of any president in American history.
December 11, 2022
OPINION: Holding early primaries in states with large populations of Black people and other people of color will inevitably prompt…
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
November 30, 2022
OPINION: Jeffries has big shoes to fill in succeeding Nancy Pelosi as the top Democrat in the House because she…
November 16, 2022
The senator has a long record of public service and fighting for racial justice. His opponent, Herschel Walker, has no…
Voters cast early ballots at the Western Government Center
November 1, 2022
This election is one of the most consequential because our democracy is on the ballot. Black voters need to turn…
Stacey Abrams Brian Kemp
October 18, 2022
OPINION: Abrams will need strong voter turnout by the Democratic base to overcome the advantages that incumbency confers on Kemp.
Raphael Warnock Herschel Walker
October 16, 2022
Warnock gave up too much ground by trying to distance himself from President Biden and Walker exceeded expectations by just…
October 14, 2022
A shower of kryptonite is hitting Donald Trump. It's up to every American citizen and the rule of law to…
Police officers with their hands behind their backs
September 28, 2022
Halloween has come early for Republicans as they masquerade as the party of “law and order” to try to trick…
September 20, 2022
Black Americans have always been underrepresented in elective office. But we could see an increase in representation after the elections.
September 14, 2022
Black women and girls would be hit especially hard if Republican legislation to ban most abortions after 15 weeks nationwide…
A man inside a voting booth
September 6, 2022
The ballot is the most powerful weapon Black Americans can wield in our long struggle against the systemic racism that…
Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden
August 18, 2022
Fifty-nine years ago this month, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stirred the conscience of America with his eloquent “I Have…
August 15, 2022
No one—not even former presidents—should be above the law and exempt from being investigated and prosecuted if the evidence warrants…
An ad featuring former President Donald Trump and Michigan Republican candidate John Gibbs
August 5, 2022
Ads funded by the Democratic Governors Association and the DCCC have not urged Republican primary voters to cast ballots for…
July 25, 2022
As the former campaign manager for Vice President Al Gore, Donna Brazile charts the dangers of Trump and others pushing…
A gun and bullets on an American flag
July 11, 2022
After the July Fourth mass shooting in Highland Park near Chicago, you just might think, “How many more times?”
June 30, 2022
At last! After 233 years, a Black woman has finally joined the U.S. Supreme Court, with the swearing-in of Ketanji…