As Ferguson voters head to the polls today, McSpadden talks to ESSENCE about legacy-building and creating change in the community she was destined to fight for.
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Kamala Harris’s First Campaign Policy: A Raise for Teachers | The New York Times
Astead W. Herndon, The New York Times Senator Kamala Harris in Houston on Saturday, where she unveiled early portions of her first policy rollout, a federal investment in teacher pay.CreditCreditLarry W Smith/EPA, via Shutterstock, Featured Image [dropcap]Senator[/dropcap] Kamala Harris of California announced a plan Tuesday to heavily invest federal money into teacher pay, the first […]
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The danger of denying black Americans political rights | The Washington Post
Without access to political rights, violence becomes a crucial tool in the fight for freedom.
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Four Black Political Pioneers Pen Book of Their Lives | AFRO
“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics” (St. Martin’s Press) tracks the stories of Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry and Minyon Moore, (With Veronica Chambers) in a book that is part memoir, an ode to friendship and an insider’s tome to the political landscape over the last few decades.
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Why Republicans Finally Moved Against Steve King | The Atlantic
Elections have consequences, and the Iowa conservative’s sudden vulnerability back home gave House GOP leaders the permission they needed to act against his latest racist comments.
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Virginia GOPs Appeal Decision for New Legislative Map That Won’t Pack Black Voters Into Certain Districts | Atlanta Black Star
Associated Press , Atlanta Black Star Photo illustration by Tracy Ma. Source photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, via Library of Congress. Featured Image [dropcap]WASHINGTON (AP)[/dropcap] — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear an appeal by Virginia Republicans who are trying to preserve state legislative districts that have been struck down by a lower court […]
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Deval Patrick to Announce He Will Not Run for President in 2020 | The New York Times
Deval Patrick, the former two-term Democratic governor of Massachusetts, plans to announce shortly that he will not run for president in 2020, according to a person close to Mr. Patrick.
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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 […]
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What’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.
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HBCUs 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.
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