New York Times: Women of color are an increasingly powerful voting bloc and an essential part of any winning Democratic coalition. But presidential candidates rarely speak directly to them. Enter the She the People Presidential Forum, hosted in Houston on April 24 by the political group She the People. Eight of the 19 Democratic candidates spoke at the event, which was billed as the first presidential forum for women of color and drew an audience of more than 1,000 people. The topics ranged from voting rights to health care, and the questions came exclusively from women of color — who make up about one-fifth of the primary electorate and more in some key states, said Aimee Allison, the group’s founder and president.