Among the diverse and dynamic slate of candidates, three Black women—Mary Sheffield, Saunteel Jenkins, and DaNetta Simpson—are making history as they vie for the city’s
The city of Detroit stands at a turning point. With Mayor Mike Duggan stepping down after more than a decade in office, the 2025 mayoral
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest during a protest against the Delaney Hall ICE detention center has ignited a firestorm of controversy across New Jersey political
Barbara Lee has secured a decisive win in Oakland’s special mayoral election, marking a significant political transition for the California city. The veteran Democratic U.S.
Esteemed Texas Congressman Sylvester Turner has died from a medical complication, just hours after President Trump’s joint address to Congress on Tuesday. He was 70.
A mural paying homage to the life and career of Marion Barry, the legendary former mayor of Washington, D.C., will be unveiled on Saturday, Nov.
In a shocking revelation of corruption within local government, Patrick Wimberly, the former mayor of Inkster, Michigan, has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes totaling $100K.
The city that became known worldwide as “The Black Mecca” originated when a charismatic and brilliant lawyer named Maynard Jackson became the first Black mayor
History is being made throughout the state of Minnesota with newly elected mayors. Roslyn Harmon defeated Gillian Rosenquist, making her the first black Mayor elected
Nadia Mohamed was voted in as the next mayor of St. Louis Park, Minn., a suburb on the west side of Minneapolis that just became
History has been made in Philadelphia, as Cherelle Parker defeated Republican David Oh and will become the city’s 100th mayor and the first woman elected
A mayor in Alabama has died of an apparent suicide at the age of 49, just days after being outed as a crossdresser. F.L. “Bubba”
Hip hop impresario Rick Ross declared that he is going to run for mayor of the suburban Atlanta town he has been a resident of
AC Green is a staple in Chicago radio. Using his own resources to launch his show “The AC Green Show” in December 2008, his platform
Brandon Johnson is now Chicago’s third elected Black mayor in the history of the city. Johnson will be the 57th person to hold this position
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who boasts a distinguished career in the U.S. House of Representatives of nearly 30 years, announced that she is campaigning to
The mayor of College Park, Maryland, has been arrested on March 2, 2023, and charged with 56 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography.
Lori Lightfoot‘s reign as the mayor of Chicago will soon to come to an end. The 56th mayor of the major Midwestern city lost her
It was a few weeks after receiving my bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University in 2017. There was an Atlanta Association of Black Journalists meeting
“P-Valley” is trending via Twitter and the show’s audience is in a spiral after last night’s season finale, especially since a particular character will not
