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Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Friday, November 11, 2022

Austin Davis to be Pennsylvania’s first African American Lt. Governor

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Austin Davis will be Pennsylvania’s first African American Lieutenant Governor after Josh Shapiro declared victory Tuesday night. Davis,...
Monday, October 03, 2022

Georgetown University’s Nadia E. Brown Wins Book Award

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Nadia E. Brown, a professor of government and director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Georgetown University in Washington ...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Federal judges block Alabama’s congressional redistricting maps that dilute the Black vote

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The Alabama Legislature’s redistricting plan for 2022 will not take effect for congressional races after a panel of three federal court ju...
Friday, November 26, 2021

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles announces 2022 re-election bid

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Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Vi Lyles used a holiday greeting to also touch on her political future. In a 30-second video posted to h...
Saturday, October 30, 2021

History will be made in Virginia on Election night as a woman of color will be elected Lt. Governor

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UPDATE NOVEMBER 3, 2021: WINSOME SEARS WINS VIRGINIA LT. GOVERNOR RACE Virginia voters will make a historic choice Tuesday: They'll ...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Rep. Anthony Brown to run for Maryland attorney general

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Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) on Monday said that he will run for Maryland Attorney General in 2022. In a video announcement, Brown called ...
Thursday, September 09, 2021

Barack Obama makes campaign ad in support of Newsom ahead of California recall

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Former President Obama is appearing in a TV ad backing California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) as part of his campaign's final efforts to boo...
Monday, June 07, 2021

Democrat Wes Moore announces run for Governor of Maryland

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Author, former nonprofit executive and combat veteran Wes Moore on Monday afternoon officially joined the field of Democratic candidates v...
Thursday, October 01, 2020

Black voters 'frustrated' by Trump debate comments

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Some African American voters find it frustrating and exhausting that President Donald Trump did not condemn white supremacist groups and ...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Deval Patrick suspends his presidential campaign

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Former Massachussetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Wednesday that he's suspending his presidential campaign after a dismal performanc...
Wednesday, February 05, 2020

Sen. Booker's full statement on Trump's impeachment trial

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On Feb. 4, senators weighed in for a second day on whether they would vote to remove President Donald Trump from office. The speeches com...
Saturday, January 25, 2020

New Jersey State Senator Ronald L. Rice Endorses Joe Biden

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New Jersey State Senator and Black Caucus Chair Ronald L. Rice released the following statement endorsing Joe Biden for President of the ...
Sunday, December 29, 2019

Barack Obama statement on John Lewis cancer diagnosis

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Former President Barack Obama took to Twitter to send a message to his friend Rep. John Lewis after Lewis announced that he had stage f...
Sunday, December 01, 2019

Cory Booker appeals for donations to keep 2020 campaign afloat

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Struggling to keep his presidential campaign afloat, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker appeared on "Face the Nation." and appeale...
Saturday, November 30, 2019

Rep. Marcia Fudge not happy with Kamala Harris campaign manager

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A recent NY Times article has painted a picture of the Kamala Harris presidential campaign as failing and lacking direction or leadersh...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Obama's warning to 2020 Democratic candidates

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Former President Barack Obama urges the field of Democratic presidential hopefuls to "pay some attention to where voters actually a...
Sunday, November 10, 2019

Charniele L. Herring: First African American Majority Leader of the Virginia General Assembly

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After flipping both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly, Democrats made a historic leadership selection on Saturday November 9, 2...

Maryland city elects first African American mayor

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Bowie, Maryland elected its first African-American mayor, Tim Adams. He is also the first person with a physical disability to be electe...

History made as Ohio city elect first African American mayor

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Tuesday’s election in North College Hill, Ohio was nothing short of historic as voters elected Tracie Nichols the first African American...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

Congressional Black Caucus Statement on the Passing of Former Congressman John Conyers

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The Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement on the passing of founding CBC Member and Former Congressman John Conyers:...