Currently, the Oakland-based nonprofit focuses its advocacy efforts on school discipline, special education, the school-to-prison pipeline, race-conscious remedies, and inequities in the criminal justice system. California Black...
THE AFRO — The congresswoman has held her congressional seat for 30 years and is running for re-election after a failed attempt to become the mayor...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Congressman McEachin was only 61. He was the first African American to be nominated to run as Virginia Attorney General. McEachin was only...
A wave of Black candidates in California are expected to win after Tuesday’s general election. Among them are three candidates leading in their races to be...
WESTSIDE GAZETTE — The deadline to request a UOCAVA Vote-By-Mail ballot is 5:00 p.m. October 29, 2022. UOCAVA Vote-By-Mail ballots can be returned by mail or...
GREENE COUNTY DEMOCRAT — “My platform includes more funding for education, adopting a lottery for education and other measures to raise teacher salaries and provide teacher...
California’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representative will have 52 members in the next Congress. While it is the still the largest delegation, one seat...
The seeds have been planted for another California law that could loosen restrictions on the use of recreational drugs in the United States.
Senate Bill (SB) 262, a bail reform bill that would have established $0 bail for some offenders, was stopped in its tracks following a grisly murder...
However, President Biden’s nominees for these positions exceed the Black share of all of those who were nominated by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate...
The special primary election is June 29 by mail-in ballot only with the general election set for August 31.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “[We] know that voting is an essential right and that expanding access to ballot is good for our democracy,” said Cheri Bustos, who...
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — Florida Voter Mobilization Project is a 501 (C)3 organization whose purpose is to mobilize the voters of Broward County to Get Out...
ATLANTA VOICE — The year began swiftly on Jan. 2, as Keisha Lance Bottoms was sworn in as the 60th mayor of Atlanta.