Stacey Abrams Considering 2020 Presidential Run
Stacey Abrams
stated Monday that she is considering running for president in 2020. Abrams, who lost a gubernatorial bid last year in a narrow defeat to Bria... Read More...
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Julián Castro Criticizes Bernie Sanders Dismissal of Reparations for African Americans
Democratic Presidential candidate Julián Castro criticized Bernie Sanders, a rival for the 2020 nomination, over his dismissal of reparations for African Ameri... Read More...
Sen. Stephanie Flowers Refuses To Be Silenced In Heated ‘Stand Your Ground’ Debate [VIDEO]
State Sen. Stephanie Flowers walked out during an impassioned debate over Arkansas' “Stand Your Gun” laws Wednesday. The
chamber was discussing legislation ... Read More...
Jay Z’s Roc Nation Helps Anthem Case Against Sixth Grader Dropped
Roc Nation waded into the legal battle of Jabari Talbot and got the charges against the sixth grader dismissed after he refused to stand for the national anthe... Read More...
Eric Holder Will Not Run For President in 2020
Former Attorney General Eric Holder announced in an op-ed Monday that he will not be seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. Holder penned... Read More...
Jaden Smith’s Foundation Brings Clean Water To Flint
Jaden Smith and First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church are working together to deploy a mobile water filtration system known as “The Water Box” that reduces l... Read More...
GOP Anti-Muslim Display Links Rep. Ilhan Omar to 9/11
The West Virginia state Republican Party allegedly set up an anti-Muslim display in the rotunda that linked the 9/11 terror attacks to freshman congresswoman I... Read More...
Lifting As We Climb: The National Association of Colored Women’s Fight for Racial and Gender Equality
On July 21, 1986, a cadre of African American women launched the National Association of Colored Women (NACW); a merger between the National League of C... Read More...
Neo-Nazi Group Appoints Black Leader, James Hart Stern, Who Vows To End It
James Hart Stern, a Black activist, was appointed as director and president of the National Socialist Movement. Court records filed on Thursday showed that ... Read More...
White Flight: Then and Today
By Erin Mayer "Fear is the biggest driver when people move out in mass exodus"'Spanish Lake' documentary on white flight Beginning in the 1950's... Read More...
Virginia First Lady Pam Northam Apologizes After Giving Cotton to Black Students
Virginia first lady Pam Northam apologized Wednesday after she gave out cotton to African American children and told them to imagine themselves as slaves. ... Read More...
Maryland Lawmaker Apologizes For Calling Majority-Black County A ‘N****r District’
Del. Mary Ann Lisanti (D-Harford), who is white, apologized Tuesday for using a racial slur to describe a majority-black district in Maryland. The Washingto... Read More...
Jumaane Williams Wins Special Election in New York City for Public Advocate
Jumaane D. Williams was elected as New York City public advocate Tuesday night. The Democratic Brooklyn councilman won with 33.22 percent of the vote with 9... Read More...
Black Woman Hired to Replace Newspaper Editor Who Urged Klan to ‘Ride Again’
Elecia R. Dexter has been named as the publisher and editor of weekly Democrat-Reporter of Linden, replacing the former editor who wanted the Ku Klux Kla... Read More...
