Political

By Jeffrey McKinney, blackenterprise.com When it comes to hiring black businesses, the Democratic National Committee has much more to do. Just 17.6% of the $17.5 million of the DNC’s contract spending for consulting work, including an anemic 6.4% for black […]

by Kia Morgan Smith For the first time in its history, Costa Rica will see the first person of African descent to take the helm as the country’s Vice-President on May 8. Epsy Alejandra Campbell […]

It looks like Stacey Dash isn’t going to pursue politics after all. The Clueless star has dropped out of the Congressional race of California’s 44th district, she announced on Twitter. “After much prayer, introspection and discussions with […]

THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL Center from the South West, showing how the Museum Building, Forum Building, and Library Building will surround a public plaza. The Center is oriented to the neighborhood just west across Stony Island […]

Former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown filed papers this week to challenge U.S. Congressman Al Lawson for the 5th Congressional District.  Lawson, a first time representative, won the seat over 12 term incumbent Corrine Brown in […]

By Defender News Service Donald Trump is taking credit for the historic low unemployment rate for African Americans. The president also took the opportunity to slam the Democratic Party. “African American unemployment is the lowest […]

Dana Gresham By Frederick H. Lowe U.S. Senator-elect Doug Jones of Alabama on Tuesday hired Dana Gresham, an African-American Washington, D.C. insider, as his chief of staff. Jones, who will be sworn in Wednesday will […]

by Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Black voters propelled Doug Jones’ to a historic victory in Alabama’s special election for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ vacant Senate seat. Now, civil rights groups are calling on […]

By Julia Craven, huffingtonpost.com It was early Wednesday morning, and DeJuana Thompson, founder of Woke Vote, still hadn’t slept. She’d spent the months leading up to the special Senate election in Alabama coordinating with thousands […]