Rahm Emanuel’s political machine is overwhelmingly white. Here’s why it matters — even beyond Chicago

The 2016 election cycle has led to heated discussion about the issues of money in politics and racial justice. However, these debates have rarely crossed: the dominance of the affluent and racial justice are treated as separate issues. My latest Demos report suggests that these debates are actually intertwined: the donor class is dominated by whites, which could  hamper progress towards to racial justice.
While there has been some research examining the demographic composition of