Arizona Democrats have an opportunity to show real leadership. So why are they blowing it?

Katie Hobbs in January 2019. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 2.0 — *Katie Hobbs in January 2019. Photo by Gage Skidmore |* *Wikimedia Commons*/*CC BY-SA 2.0*

Democrats are supposed to be the party that embraces diversity and fights for equality, particularly in the workplace. When individuals in the private or public sector experience discrimination, we are oftentimes the first to demand accountability.

Yet recently, Talonya Adams, a former staffer for the Arizona Senate Democratic Caucus, received a million-dollar verdict after a jury found her supervisors guilty of unlawful termination based on race and gender discrimination.

It seems Adams, an African American, was fired because she had the audacity to ask for a raise after finding out she was getting paid less than her male counterparts.