Senate Democrats' diversity problem

To win in states like Michigan, Iowa, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Democrats have long counted on a significant share of the white working-class vote, which surprisingly abandoned them for Trump in 2016. But that bloc was by no means the only important one in the Democratic coalition — nor is it the only one they might do well to take less for granted.

Which brings us to an interesting piece in today’s New York Daily News by Shaun King, known as an activist in the Black Lives Matter movement. His friend, a Senate staffer, described to him how Senate Democrats are happy to collect black votes, but not so eager to hire black employees.