Political

Today, U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) (left) reintroduced a bill directing Congress to commission a statue of former U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm to be displayed in the United States Capitol. Companion legislation will also […]

By Bill Ruthhart / Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune Chicago will elect its first African-American female mayor after former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle won enough votes Tuesday amid a record field of 14 candidates to […]

Senator Cory Booker and Senator Kamala Harris By Barrington M. Salmon Dr. Shiela Harmon Martin said she recently got two very pleasant surprises within days of each other when Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Cory […]

By Terrell Jermaine Starr (The Root) Sen. Cory Booker would be one of the primary frontrunners for the Democratic nomination for president if (well, let’s just say “when”) he decides to run. With senators Kamala […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Former Tallahassee Mayor and Florida Gubernatorial Candidate, Andrew Gillum, didn’t break the kind of news that many publishers, editors and journalists may have wanted at the National […]

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said that those in power are trying to turn people against each other, which she says is “not our America.” Harris, a first-term U.S. senator from California who recently announced […]

By Elizabeth Koh @ www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/01/18/andrew-gillum-as-he-mulls-future-political-plans-heads-to-harvard/ The former Tallahassee mayor, selected for a spring fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School, will help lead a not-for-credit study group during his time at the university. Andrew Gillum, the former Tallahassee […]

President Donald Trump (WhiteHouse.gov) Trump falsely boasted that “some of them have told me that we should have done it.” By Marina Fang, Huffington Post All four living former presidents deny telling Donald Trump that they […]

Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI)  By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor On Christmas Eve, Milwaukee Congresswoman Gwen Moore became the first sitting member of Congress to demand that President Donald Trump resign from the presidency. […]