Dec 14SavePolitics12/14/20Politics12/14/20Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Declined Cabinet Position in Biden Administration, Senior Adviser ConfirmsZack Linly23SaveIt’s no secret that there has been a huge push for President-elect Joe Biden to appoint Black women to his cabinet.…
Dec 10SavePolitics12/10/20Politics12/10/20Black Farmers, Civil Groups ‘Enraged’ After Joe Biden Selects Tom Vilsack Over Rep. Marcia Fudge to Head USDAAnne Branigin5SaveBlack farming and civil rights groups are giving President-elect Joe Biden an earful about his decision to bring…
Dec 9SavePolitics12/9/20Politics12/9/20Biden Picks Marcia Fudge as HUD Secretary After Congresswoman Lobbied to Become 1st Black Woman to Lead USDAAnne Branigin18SaveAfter openly campaigning to be the first Black woman to lead the Department of Agriculture, Ohio congresswoman…
Apr 24SavePolitics4/24/20Politics4/24/20Stacey Abrams Makes Her Vice Presidential Goals Clear: 'Black Women Are the Strongest Part of the Democratic Party'Anne Branigin64SaveFor months, former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has played coy on the topic of being someone’s…
Dec 5 2019Save12/5/19A 'War on the Poor': Amid Avalanche of Criticism, Trump Administration Restricts Food Stamps for Hundreds of ThousandsAnne Branigin61SaveA controversial new Trump administration rule finalized Wednesday would cut nearly 700,000 people from Supplemental…
Dec 5 2019SavePolitics12/5/19Politics12/5/19Seeking to End Hair Discrimination Nationwide, Cory Booker and Colleagues Bring the CROWN Act to CongressMaiysha Kai3SaveAfter successfully passing in California and New York with at least six more states pending, the CROWN Act (Create a…
Jun 12 2019SavePolitics6/12/19Politics6/12/19GOP Big Mad After Lawmaker Reads Letter on House Floor Calling Trump Supporters ‘Racist’ and ‘Just Plain Dumb’Stephen A. Crockett Jr.43SaveSo I do this thing with my wife where I say how I feel by claiming someone else said it.
Feb 20 2019SavePolitics2/20/19Politics2/20/19Congress Takes a Field Trip to Investigate Voter Suppression in GeorgiaMichael Harriot22SaveATLANTA—When members of Congress heard stories about Georgia’s historic vote-stealing, the details sounded so…
Nov 21 2018SaveOpinion11/21/18Opinion11/21/18Marcia Fudge, Aisha Fraser, and the Fallacy of the ‘Bad’ AbuserAnne Branigin54SaveIn 2015, as Cleveland Judge Lance Mason was scheduled to be sentenced for brutally beating his wife, Aisha Fraser…
Nov 19 2018SavePolitics11/19/18Politics11/19/18Rep. Marcia Fudge Calls Out Nancy Pelosi: There Is an ‘Undertone of Racism...in Our Caucus’Anne Branigin207SaveOhio Rep. Marcia Fudge joined the ever-rising chorus of people calling for California Rep. Nancy Pelosi to step down…
Oct 1 2018SavePolitics10/1/18Politics10/1/18GOP Congressional Candidate Blames LGBTQ Rights Law on Illiterate Black HeathensMichael Harriot182SaveA Republican Trump supporter running for Congress informed her Twitter followers last week that a new law protecting…
Nov 16 2016Save11/16/16Congressional Black Caucus Faces Future With President-Elect TrumpLauren Victoria BurkeSaveThe Democratic Party is in its worst shape since 1938 when it comes to seats still held in Congress. Meaning—Dems…
Jul 26 2016Save7/26/16Who's Running the DNC? Black WomenBreanna EdwardsSaveRep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) took her place as chair of the Democratic National Convention, and although the role was…