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The Electoral College’s Racist Origins | The Atlantic

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019African American History, African American Vote

More than two centuries after it was designed to empower southern white voters, the system continues to do just that.

Biden: There’s no proof marijuana isn’t a gateway drug |Axios

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

“There’s not nearly been enough evidence that has been acquired as to whether or not it is a gateway drug.”

Mitch McConnell Faces Threat From Populist Challenger Charles Booker in Kentucky Senate Race | The Intercept

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote

SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL faces a new 2020 threat, as Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker announced the formation of an exploratory committee on Monday. McConnell, the Senate majority leader, is already being challenged by Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath, who ran and lost a winnable race for a Lexington-area House seat in 2018. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In […]

Stacey Abrams Says She Is Willing To Serve As Running Mate For Democratic Presidential Nominee | Black Enterprise

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote

Although former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams emphatically stated that she would not run for president in 2020, she told a crowd gathered at The University of Iowa yesterday that she was open to joining the race as the eventual Democratic nominee’s running mate. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] As reported by The Iowa Press-Citizen, Abrams told the […]

Kweisi Mfume to seek congressional seat vacated by death of Elijah Cummings | The Washington Post

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Former NAACP chief and congressman Kweisi Mfume said Monday that he will run for the U.S. House seat most recently held by his friend Elijah E. Cummings, who died last month. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Considered an elder statesman in Baltimore politics, Mfume, 71, occupied Maryland’s 7th District seat from 1987 to 1996, when he stepped aside […]

Weekend At Bernie’s: Sanders Tell Black Student to ‘Respect’ Police to Avoid Getting ‘Shot in the Back of the Head’ | The Root

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Bernie Sanders has all the answers. The almost Octogenarian presidential hopeful showed up and showed out during a question-and-answer session at a forum held at Benedict College on Saturday. owned by a black woman [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] When a black male student asked Sanders how he should handle getting pulled over by a police officer, Sanders […]

Stop Calling Black Women “Long-Shot Candidates” | Refinery29

October 23, 2019November 6, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

It’s no secret that in 2018, women made history. A record-breaking 125 women were elected to the U.S. House and Senate, and many women who were previously considered “long-shot candidates” blew past the competition and became “firsts” in their own right. At the heart of post-election analysis, a critical narrative emerged about who should run […]

Obama Photographer Shares Candid Photos of the Former First Family at Home in the White House | People

October 23, 2019December 17, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

“[Lawrence] and I had similar upbringings as black men in America, each of us raised by an extraordinary single mom,” writes the former president, “both of us knowing what it’s like, at times, to feel as if we might not belong.”

Body of US Rep. Cummings will lie in state at Capitol | PBS

October 21, 2019October 21, 2019African American Activist, African American History ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — The body of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings will lie in state in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol next week. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office said in a news release that a formal ceremony open to members of Congress, the Cummings family and invited guests will […]

Rep. Elijah Cummings, Democratic leader and regular Trump target, dies at 68 | The Washington Post

October 17, 2019March 29, 2020African American Activist, African American History ...

Elijah E. Cummings, a Democratic congressman from Maryland who gained national attention for his principled stands on politically charged issues in the House, his calming effect on anti-police riots in Baltimore, and his forceful opposition to the presidency of Donald Trump, died early Thursday morning at Gilchrist Hospice Care, a Johns Hopkins affiliate in Baltimore. […]