Ever since the midterm election, conservative media in the United States have targeted with special zeal Ilhan Omar, an incoming Somali-American Democratic congresswoman and a devout Muslim who wears hijab.
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Stacey Abrams eyeing Senate, governor campaigns | Politico
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. — Stacey Abrams said Monday that she is considering running for a Georgia Senate seat in 2020 or governor again in 2022 — and possibly even for president.
View MoreViola Davis Stars As Shirley Chisholm in New Movie | Colorlines
“The Fighting Shirley Chisholm” follows the first Black congresswoman and her trailblazing 1972 run for president.
View MoreMississippi’s black Republicans stick with Hyde-Smith | McClatchy DC
BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
African American Republicans in Mississippi are standing by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Tuesday’s Senate runoff, despite her comment expressing a willingness to attend a public hanging — a quip that’s triggered painful reminders of the state’s history of lynching blacks.
Memo to black men: Stop voting Republican | Boston Globe
RENÉE GRAHAM , Boston Globe Members of the audience wait for President Donald Trump to arrive at the 2018 Young Black Leadership Summit in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik). Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] the midterm elections, about 17 percent of black men voted to give […]
View MoreWhat’s up with all those Black Men who voted for the Republican in the Georgia Governor’s race? | The Washington Post
White female voters in Georgia showed little interest in helping black women fulfill their dream of electing Stacey Abrams as governor, which would have made her the first African American woman to head a state in the nation’s history.
View MoreHBCUs Set Foundation for Black Politicians in Key Positions | The Washington Informer
What Kamala Harris, Alma Adams, Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams all have in common, in addition to being influential in U.S. politics, is they’re graduates of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) — Howard University, North Carolina A&T, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University and Spelman College.
View MoreThe Abrams Machine Is Not Done Yet | The Atlantic
Democrat Stacey Abrams acknowledged that Republican Brian Kemp would become Georgia’s governor, but she promised to continue her fight against voter suppression.
View MoreDecades before Stacey Abrams, these black women risked their lives to register black voters | The Washington Post
DeNeen L. Brown , The Washington Post Annell Ponder, a civil rights worker who fought against voter suppression in the South, is shown at the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. (Builder Levy (Chrysler Museum of Art)). Featured Image [dropcap]Annell[/dropcap] Ponder is one of those fearless black women whose names may not be […]
View MoreThe Newest Jim Crow | The New York Times
Michelle Alexander , The New York Times Courtesy of the Cornell Chapter of Amnesty International. Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] the midterms, Michigan became the first state in the Midwest to legalize marijuana, Florida restored the vote to over 1.4 million people with felony convictions, and Louisiana passed a constitutional amendment requiring unanimous jury verdicts in felony […]
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