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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how organizations can celebrate Juneteenth, theGrio.com
June 19, 2022
Donna Brazile reflects on the life and career of Hattie McDaniel and what we can all learn from her achievements…
June 16, 2022
If there’s anything Americans of all political persuasions and every race should unite around, it is the reasonable gun safety…
June 2, 2022
OPINION: TheGrio contributor Donna Brazile writes that the toll of gun violence on Black Americans is especially severe.
President Joe Biden signs executive order setting new rules and measures on policing
May 25, 2022
Biden’s order benefits Black people because — as every Black person knows — we are disproportionately the targets of police…
Flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Tops market
May 16, 2022
We will never bring back the victims killed in Buffalo and in other hate crimes. The best we can do…
May 9, 2022
The GOP, led by Donald Trump, is hungry for power and will do whatever it takes to achieve it –…
A protester with a placard
April 8, 2022
Donna Brazile writes that Africa is already facing its worst food shortages in history due to conflicts and drought.
U.S. President Joe Biden
March 31, 2022
Donna Brazile writes that Biden's proposed budget advances equity and justice with increased funding for housing, education and health care.
March 21, 2022
Donna Brazile writes that Brown Jackson's solid gold resume is superior to most of the 115 justices who have served…
Vice President Kamala Harris
March 16, 2022
President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris are helping close the wage and opportunity gap for women, but recognize that…
President Biden and Gas Prices
March 10, 2022
OPINION: President Biden is putting principle over politics in his decision to ban Russian oil and energy resources.
Bloody Sunday - African American Studies
March 6, 2022
Vice President Harris's visit to Selma for the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" is a reminder that the struggle for equal…
A Fair Maps Rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court
February 16, 2022
Gerrymandering is a racist practice used by Republicans to reduce the number of Black candidates who can be elected to…
U.S. Supreme Court
February 7, 2022
The absence of a Black woman on the Supreme Court deprives it of insights from someone who has experienced both…
January 20, 2022
We cannot turn our backs on the legacy of those who fought hard, or were beaten, lost their jobs or…
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol
January 5, 2022
The Capitol insurrection was an effort to once again disenfranchise Black voters who cast 90% of their ballots for Biden…
Vice President Kamala Harris
December 14, 2021
Vice President Harris is a strong Black woman who will not let her critics silence her, shove her aside or…
Noose, theGrio.com
December 3, 2021
It’s useful to look back at “old days” to remind us how racism can lead not just to discrimination, but…
Eric Admas, Kasim Reed and Hala Ayala
November 1, 2021
Donna Brazile breaks down elections with implications for Black America. The stakes are also high where Black candidates aren’t on…
U.S. President Joe Biden, accompanied by Speaker of the House Nancy
October 22, 2021
If Democrats keep up their circular firing squad they won’t accomplish anything, paving the way for Republicans to gain the…