Former President Barack Obama is now a permanent part of the Southern California landscape, as Los Angeles renamed one of its well-known streets as a
Last week, a special mayoral election in Chicago resulted in two Black women — Toni Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot — chosen as the final two
Women are constantly pushing the bar in various male-dominated industries. As we observe Women’s History Month, it is especially important that we honor women of
When Spike Lee won his first competitive Academy Award Sunday night at the Oscars, he subtly blasted the current president during his acceptance speech, without
Shalise Steele-Young has lived in Atlanta’s District 3 for more than a decade and was the wife of Atlanta City Councilman Ivory Lee Young, Jr.
Perhaps Kamala Harris was wracked with a case of the nerves, or perhaps she was deliberately trying to pander to the Black youth. Whatever the
Amanda K. Edwards is currently serving as the Houston City Council Member in At-Large Position 4. She is a graduate of Eisenhower High School in
Kwanza Hall is an Atlanta native with a desire to make his city more equitable for the minority community. Hall is the son of the
Stacey Abrams called it a “disgrace” and “a stunt” that the president of the United States imperiled the livelihood of over 800,000 workers during the
The euphoria that Sen. Kamala Harris must have felt when she declared her candidacy for the presidency on Martin Luther King Jr. Day didn’t last long.
It is customary for politicians to engage in hyperbole during posthumous recognition — and to even gloss over egregious character flaws while mourning. But some
Mississippi lawmaker Sen. Charles Younger continues to catch flack over his statement about public hangings. But Younger has a record of voting for bills that
One week after a video emerged of Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith defending lynching, another White Republican has come forward with a defense for lynching. According
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is playing the role of victim after making a racist comment. Hyde-Smith was captured speaking on video telling one of her supporters,
It is one thing to have Stacey Abrams and Democrats outraged for allegedly being robbed of a victory in the Georgia governor’s race by her
As if the audience couldn’t get enough of one Obama, with former first lady Michelle playing the role of resident rock-star with the best-selling book
After a week and a half of exhaustive and comprehensive post-election maneuvering, legal filings and dispatching scores of volunteers to the edges of the state
Stacey Abrams’ fight to become the first Black female governor in American history may come down to a court decision. At press time, Abrams remains
Andrew Gillum lost in his bid to make history and become the first-ever Black governor in Florida history when he gained just one vote on the
CNN political analyst and host Van Jones is being roasted for heaping effusive praise upon his political arch-nemesis Donald Trump, and even called him the
