Vice President Harris Holds Listening Session With Advocates On Voting Rights

VP Harris To Visit Southern Border After Backlash

Harris is scheduled to stop in El Paso, Texas on Friday, a significant intersection area for migrants traveling to the…
06.23.21
#TheBlackBallot Black Voters Matter Bus caravan
#TheBlackBallot

Black Voting Rights Tour Raises Awareness Across South

Despite the Senate's inaction, Black Voters Matter and allied organizations continue to caravan through the south to Washington, D.C., raising…
06.23.21
Protesters seen holding a banner reading KILL THE FILIBUSTER...

'Dismantling Democracy'

Democrats were sent back to square one after Senate Republicans used a filibuster to block the For The People Act…
06.24.21
Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing For Amy Coney Barrett To Be Supreme Court Justice

Democratic Sen. Defends 'All-White’ Beach Club Membership

Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has doubled down on his defense of being a member of an "all-white" beach club in…
06.22.21
Georgia Electoral College Voters Cast Ballots Amid Protests

Georgia Threatens Latest Voter Purge Before Special Election

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has threatened to purge more than 100,000 registered voters from the rolls just weeks…
06.21.21
Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders And Rep. Ilhan Omar Hold Campaign Rally At University Of Minnesota

Hillary Clinton's Endorsement Snubs Nina Turner (& Bernie)

Politics are not immune to pettiness. Hillary Clinton's endorsement of Shontel Brown for Ohio Congress was effectively a snub of…
06.16.21
Attorney General Garland Delivers Policy Address On Domestic Terrorism

Garland's Domestic Terror Policy Targets White Extremism

Attorney General Merrick Garland clarifies the U.S. approach to violent white nationalists and far-right extremists, promising to protect civil liberties…
06.16.21
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Recalling Obama's 'Death Stare' As Biden Meets Putin

Joe Biden's meeting with Vladimir Putin for a summit in Geneva, Switzerland, prompts memories of Barack Obama's famous "death stare"…
06.16.21
EL SALVADOR-US-SOTOMAYOR

Sotomayor Urges Congress To Fix Crack Sentencing Disparity

At a time when conservatives are sweeping history aside, Sotomayor’s concurring opinion provides a framework for Congress to fix the…
06.15.21
Black Voters Matter Freedom Bus Tour

Black Voters Matter Launches Juneteenth Freedom Ride Tour

Launching on Juneteenth, the "Blackest" bus in the country and local and national partners will tour 9 southern cities to…
06.15.21
Senate Judiciary Committee TW POOL

Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson To Federal Court

The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit as a movement…
06.14.21
Vanity Fair And Barneys New York Private Dinner In Celebration Of "La La Land"

Black Workers Sue ACLU For Employment Discrimination

Within the past year, two Black employees have filed lawsuits against the ACLU alleging discrimination and retaliatory action for raising…
06.14.21
June 9, 2021, Chandler USD Governing Board Business Meeting

Critical Race Theory Used To Attack School Leader

A champion of equity in education, Lindsay Love planned to attend a conference for school board members in urban districts.…
06.12.21
Global Grain Prices Set To Soar Amid Fears Of Wheat Shrotage Due To Drought

Black Farmers' Aid Paused Because White Farmers Sued

The legal challenge to historic aid for Black farmers ignores the previously established history of discrimination by the USDA and…
06.12.21
34th Annual UNCF Atlanta Mayor's Masked Ball

Kasim Reed Runs For Atlanta Mayor Despite Investigation

Kasim Reed has officially launched his most recent campaign to be Atlanta mayor again despite an ongoing federal investigation into…
06.11.21
34th Annual UNCF Atlanta Mayor's Masked Ball

Kasim Reed Wants To Be Atlanta's Mayor Again

On Tuesday Reed filed official paperwork to enter the field of candidates which includes City Councilman Antonio Brown, Atlanta attorney…
06.09.21
Faith Leaders Voting Rights Rally in Georgia

'We Ain't Going Back'

Faith leaders and elected officials gathered Tuesday to pray and demand action on federal voting rights legislation.
06.09.21
election 2022 Val Demings in Orlando
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Val Demings Makes Her Florida Senate Bid Official

Marco Rubio immediately lashed out at Val Demings in apparent fear after the Democratic Congresswoman formally announced that she's coming…
06.09.21
Barack Obama interviewed by Anderson Cooper on CNN

Obama Says Right-Wing Media Is Stoking White Fear

During a CNN interview with Anderson Cooper, former President Barack Obama called out right-wing media outlets that misinform and fan…
06.09.21
Lester Holt interviewing Kamala Harris in Guatemala City

Lester Holt's Kamala Harris Border Interview Goes South

Vice President Kamala Harris' glory of being the highest-ranking Black American woman to make a foreign trip was short-lived after…
06.08.21
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