Represent the Vote
With the threat of voter suppression looming large for the Midterm elections, the stakes were especially high for African-Americans, who have historically gotten the short end of the political stick. But a Blue wave of Democrats powered by Black candidates and voters alike was expected to help change all of that. Follow NewsOne’s coverage of this historic moment.
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The midterm elections were all about race: a Black demographic asserting its electoral power despite White America trying its hardest to stand in the way.
The oldest and error-prone paperless electronic voting machines are in poor communities.
Voting rights advocacy group Color Of Change encourages Black voter turnout.
Black women candidates are successfully navigating the primary season with little help from the Democratic establishment.
If this strategy proves fruitful for them, then it will be past time to face the truth about what such an outcome means for the country as a whole.
