Political

LAUREL WAMSLEY  – (For more visit www.npr.org) – The assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse at his home threatens to exacerbate Haiti’s already rampant problems. “Everything that could go wrong seems to be going wrong,” […]

by Erika Stone, Senior Staff Writer – (Original News Source: www.theblackwallsttimes.com) – Last Updated on June 28, 2021 –  (Original News Source: www.theblackwallsttimes.com) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants to create a registry — of political views. The […]

By A.G. Gancarski – (News Source: www.floridapolitics.com) – Two Black men will lead Jacksonville’s City Council for the first time. For the first time in the history of the city of Jacksonville, Black men serve […]

By: Teddy Grant – (Source: www.bnc.com) – Black LGBTQ politicians who helped pave the way for many out and proud Black public servants today don’t often get recognized. It may be easy to remember the names of openly gay white politicians throughout […]

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick spoke at Little Rock Baptist Church on Sunday, June 13, in his first high-profile appearance since his release from prison on January 20. By Gatini Tinsley – (Soruce:michiganchronicle.com) – Kilpatrick […]

By Dean Obeidallah, MSNBC Opinion Columnist – (Source: www.msnbc.com) – Civil rights in America are far from a given when Black Americans had more voting rights in 1965 than they do today. On Tuesday, a […]

Bill Barrow The Associated Press – (Source: www.miamitimesonline.com) – Jennifer McClellan remembers her parents recounting life as Black Southerners enduring segregation and the trauma and triumph of the civil rights movement. It taught her that […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE – By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor – (www.blackpressusa.com) – The new laws will add ID requirements for absentee ballots, limit the use of voting drop boxes, require voters to request absentee […]

THE ATLANTA VOICE – By Itoro N. Umontuen | The Atlanta Voice (www.blackpressusa.com) – “Republicans, you’ve run out of white conservatives,” Jones said. “You’ve run out of them. There (are) none left.” Today, the Georgia […]

By Mary C. Curtis – (Source: www.rollcall.com) – The former party chair says there is space for a ‘commonsense coalition’ to emerge. No one could question Michael Steele’s Republican credentials. During his one term as chair […]