host: vanessa deluca and vanessa , living wage jobs are a priority. was that a surprise?: not really. many of our audience are heads of household. making a living wage and being able to bring home money that can push their family forward and take care of their family -- take care of your needs, your health concerns -- that is of critical importance. this whole idea of raising the minimum wage is very much of interest to our audience. they see that it directly impacts how they are going to be able to set the future for their s.milies ra host: how do you think the administration has done on that issue? guest: i think they have done a lot to look at, before you even get to the living wage, looking , having access to great public education. that is something that is really key. that sets the stage for what kind of wages were going to be able to earn going forward. i believe that their focus on opening those gates so there is more access for everyone -- thatcially our community -- is a key piece. host: and if you want to pose questions, here is how you can give us a call. demo

, yourand vanessa deluca magazine helped with this. what was your role?l to ourened the panel as well as our media followers. we received an enthusiastic response right away, right off the bat, which proved to us -- as we found with the poll -- that we are engaged with the election process, that we are definitely planning on voting and are registered to vote, and that we know our responsibility to vote. i believe 64% of the people who participated said they really feel strongly it is our responsibility to vote. host: when you took a look at the findings you saw the top three things that black women were looking at as we go into 2016 -- affordable health care, living wage jobs, and college afford ability. talk about those kind of -- those categories. the reality is that african-americans live in the south. a lot of us live in the south. you don'ttates -- have governors who embraced the afford all caps -- the affordable care act. medicaidality is, expansion has not taken place in a lot of these places. ,eople who need affordability they don't have the acces

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you heard from vanessa deluca of that magazine and me >> w about health insurance coverage/ as always, we take your calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live every day at 7 a.m. eastern. ♪ >> number 759, the petitioner. the most famous case this court ever decided. existed here,et where slavery was not legally recognized. >> putting brown versus education and effect would take the courage of children. cases thated to pick change the court can decide. and also changed society. >> so she told them they would have to have a search. and she demanded to see the patriot. which they refuse to do, so she grabbed it out of his hands to look at it. thereafter, the police officer handcuffed her. >> i cannot imagine a better way to bring the constitution to life than by telling the human stories behind great supreme court cases. the forced interment of japanese-americans during world war ii. after being convicted for failure to report for relocation, he took his case all the way to the supreme court. >> quite often, and many of our most famous decisions, t