Politics
Smith and director Antoine Fuqua decided to pull their slave drama "Emancipation" out of Georgia in protest of new voting restrictions, but voting rights advocates have asked that high-profile celebrities stay and fight instead.
The youngest Black woman to serve in Congress, Underwood walks softly but packs a real punch in legislative action. A registered nurse by training, Underwood has prioritized Black maternal health.
Voting rights advocates, including Stacey Abrams, founder of Fair Fight Action, challenge provisions of the law which they saw could strip control from local election boards and increase penalties for voting-related criminal charges.
Despite being exposed for wearing Blackface in an old photo back in 2019, Northam’s support was highly sought after. He claims that he met with all of the candidates except one who was not interested in his endorsement.
Fairfax comparing his experience to the definitive state sanctioned killings of two Black men whose deaths heightened the social justice movement is troubling.
Jones was the first woman elected as St. Louis Treasurer in 2012. After her narrow loss in the 2017 mayoral election, Jones continued to work with the movement that embraced her.
In the short time since she took office, acting Mayor Kim Janey has launched a hotline for vaccine appointments. She also announced a Vaccine Equity Grant program and a rental relief effort.
Out of all of Trump's former advisers and certain high-ranking members of his administration, Lynne Patton is the only person to face a fine for violating the Hatch Act.
There is an often-quoted saying, “All politics is local.” But despite having a direct impact on some of the most important decisions in people’s daily lives, local elections tend to have a lower turnout than presidential and midterm elections. Voters in several states—including Mississippi, Missouri, and Wisconsin—will have the opportunity to decide on new leaders, […]
Not burdened by respectability politics and rules of decorum, lawmakers like Park Cannon, Angie Nixon, Travaris McCurdy, and Michele K. Rayner-Goolsby center equity injustice and are fighting to protect democracy.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and House Speaker David Ralston are placing the blame on everyone except for themselves.
After facing threats of a boycott, Delta Air Lines' CEO Ed Bastain reversed his praise of Georgia's controversial new law restricting voting access expected to disproportionately affect Black and brown communities.