Political

REV. JESSE JACKSON (RIGHT) speaks to Chicago Crusader’s Managing Editor Sharon Fountain and City Editor Erick Johnson. (Photo by Chinta Strausberg) By Chinta Strausberg, Chicago Crusader Now that the House and Senate have passed the […]

by Chandelis Duster House Democrats introduced legislation last week to restore parts of the Voting Rights Act while pledging to make the issue of voting rights a priority if the party wins in 2018. On […]

Ben Jealous, former NAACP president, at the Young Democrats convention in Lanham, Md., on April 1. By Ovetta Wiggins and Fenit Nirappil (Washington Post) Former NAACP president Benjamin Jealous, who served as a surrogate for U.S. […]

A first-term U.S. Senator from California could be the rising star Democrats are hoping can lead the party in the 2020 presidential race. She is Kamala Harris who, according to her Senate bio, “was the […]

MARKHAM, IL. (WGN) — State law prohibits convicted felons from holding municipal office. But voters in suburban Markham still picked an ex-con to serve as mayor. Roger Agapawa is the apparent winner of the April […]

President Donald Trump, left, listens as Defense Secretary James Mattis, right, speaks at the Pentagon in Washington, Jan 27 2017. With Republicans in charge of Congress, President Donald Trump’s pledge to boost the Pentagon’s budget […]

by Rebecca Shabad | CBS News A longtime White House reporter says that President Trump’s aide Omarosa Manigault “physically intimidated” her when they got into an argument in the West Wing last week, according to […]

Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton on the Forzano Park football field where their slain son Trayvon Martin played. (Photo: Jack Gruber, USA TODAY) By Susan Page, USA TODAY Trayvon Martin’s parents aren’t convinced much progress […]

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US Representative-elect Al Lawson has been elected by his peers in the House Democratic Caucus to serve as a Regional Whip for the 115th Congress. Lawson, a veteran lawmaker, who previously served as Democratic Leader […]