Jul 8, 2024 | Leadership, Politics
As President Joe Biden tries to revive his embattled reelection bid, Vice President Kamala Harris led a parade of Black Democrats who warned Saturday that the threat of another Donald Trump presidency remains the most important calculation ahead of November. Yet in...
May 8, 2023 | Leadership, Politics, Women
Kamala Harris began finding her footing last year with a rousing, impromptu eulogy for a Black matriarch that drew a mostly African-American audience to its feet — a task she must now replicate on a wide scale to secure President Joe Biden’s reelection. Harris, the...
Dec 12, 2022 | History, Leadership, Politics
In our country’s 246-year history, we’ve had just three Black governors. The first came in 1990, more than a century after Black people were granted citizenship and Black men were formally given the right to vote. Lawrence Douglas Wilder was elected as...
Oct 10, 2022 | Leadership, Politics, Women
No matter what, North Las Vegas will elect its first Black mayor come November. Veteran elected officials Councilwoman Pamela Goynes-Brown and state Sen. Pat Spearman, D-North Las Vegas, are running to replace Mayor John Lee, who chose not to run for re-election so he...
Oct 3, 2022 | Leadership, Politics
Black Americans have always been underrepresented in elective office. But we could see a big increase in representation for statewide offices in the November elections when a record 11 Black U.S. Senate candidates and five Black gubernatorial candidates are...
Jul 25, 2022 | Leadership, Men, Politics
Maryland could make history in November. After a protracted bit of vote counting, author Wes Moore is projected to win the Democratic nomination for governor while fellow Democrat Anthony Brown has secured his nomination in the Attorney General’s...
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