Oakland mayor’s chief of staff fired over private notes referring to Black people as ‘tokens’
Leigh Hanson came under fire this week after a note in which she referred to Black people as “tokens” became public.
She’s the first Black woman to lead California’s GOP and a Silicon Valley native. Can she give Republicans a boost?
The California Republican Party has a new chairwoman with Silicon Valley roots. She’s trying to capitalize on recent gains by ...
Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to the U.S. House, dies at age 49
Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to ...
3 of Syracuse’s top elected Black women will back Pat Hogan for mayor
The endorsement of three Black women who have successfully run for citywide offices comes a little more than a month after ...
Willie Wilson: Where do Black Americans go from here?
The cuts to federal government jobs coupled with gutting of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission could harm Black and ...
Mia Love, First Black Republican Woman Elected to Congress, Dies at 49
Ms. Love, from Utah, held a seat in the House for two terms until she aroused the enmity of President Trump. She was ...
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A Black political and civics lesson
A hard head makes for a soft behind.” That’s what’s happening to Black people (and others) right now. We’re learning political lessons the hard way. Here are three we’d do well to finally internalize.
Black Lives Matter Plaza's end — like its beginning — is a barometer of the times
It started as an ordinary D.C. intersection — a tourist destination with a modest white church on the corner, notable largely ...