Category: African American Politics

“We can thank ‘Hawk’ for maintaining the photographs, the costumes, the films, the memorabilia, and the artifacts of New Orleans street culture,” Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a statement — By Aimee Simeon, Refinery29 In January, Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley publicly revealed to her supporters and the world that she — like seven million other people — has […]

Mayors don’t have the power that the president ascribes to them. By Emily Badger, The New York Times Minneapolis, Chicago, Portland, Ore., and Kenosha, Wis., are first and foremost “Democrat cities” in President Trump’s telling. They have Democratic mayors, Democratic policies, Democratic turmoil. With this refrain, Mr. Trump has sharpened his party’s long-running antipathy toward urban America […]

Sanitation workers on strike. Mothers occupying vacant houses. These are our leaders. By Jessica Byrd, The New York Times I led the planning team for the Black National Convention on Friday, and in the lead-up I was constantly asked for a list of familiar faces. People also pestered me with questions like: “Who is this against?” “What […]

Sybrina Fulton lost to Mayor Oliver Gilbert by 331 votes. By Sweenie Saint-Vil, REVOLT Sybrina Fulton’s race for county commissioner has officially come to an end. According to the Miami Herald, Fulton, who had no political background, lost to Mayor Oliver Gilbert by less than one percent, receiving 331 less votes than her competitor. Last year, the mother of Trayvon Martin announced her […]

Michigan GOP Senate candidate John James chided Biden’s “hurtful” comments but defended silence on Trump’s racism John James, the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, privately told African-American leaders in the state that it was pointless to publicly call out President Donald Trump’s racist statements — shortly before he publicly criticized former Vice President Joe […]