Mason, Tennessee Last March, Tennessee Comptroller Jason Mumpower issued an unusual appeal to residents of Mason, Tenn., a small majority-Black town in West Tennessee whose finances were in complete disarray. Jason Mumpower’s suggestion that the ...
It’s working. Once ahead in the polls, Democrat Mandela Barnes, the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, is now trailing Republican incumbent Ron Johnson in the state’s race for U.S. Senate, a shift also seen recently in ...
CNN — An informal group of Black elected officials has lit up over phone calls and texts since Election Day. They’re worried about Black turnout that continues to underperform and talking ideas about how to ...
In one way or another, Thomas Gooch has spent more than 30 years struggling with illegal drugs. The 52-year-old Nashville, Tenn., native grew up in extreme poverty. He was first incarcerated in 1988 and spent ...
Democrats Dem groups rush to save Rep. Joe Morelle against Republican challenger La’Ron Singletary Rep. Joseph Morelle (Getty Images) Collin Anderson • November 1, 2022 1:30 pm A former police chief’s crime-centered campaign has Democrats ...
In April, the US Food and Drug Administration announced proposed rules to remove menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars from the US market. Though smoking rates in the United States are declining overall, the percentage of ...
With help from Myah Ward Rep. Val Demings. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images PIPELINE TO POWER — If everything goes as expected, Rep. Val Demings will emerge tonight as the Democratic Senate nominee in Florida against ...
With New York’s 16th Congressional District primary just a few weeks away, Rep. Jamaal Bowman is calling out challenger Vedat Gashi for distributing campaign material that features a photo of the Black, progressive representative with ...
Social media platforms are where billions of people around the world go to connect with others, get information and make sense of the world. These companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok and Reddit, collect vast ...
In retrospect, I missed the first sign that LA mayoral candidate Rep. Karen Bass might have some trouble hanging onto support from Black men. It came in the middle of May, when legendary Long Beach ...
