NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Dr. Willie W. Herenton recalled the days when he attended segregated public schools and was forced to sit at the back of...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is optimistic. With the October 3 election less than a month away, the incumbent, who is completing his first...
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — Josh Owens, 34, announced Sept. 16 his candidacy for governor. Owens, CEO of SupplyKick, will run as a Democrat. SupplyKick is considered as...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The U.S. political system has been partial to right-wing politicians and causes because of their use of money and organization for voter suppression, particularly...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Republican Dan Bishop narrowly won a special election this week for a seat in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, which some political analysts point...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — As many Memphis residents lament a lack of mayoral debates, BLDG Memphis is taking a different approach to capturing candidates’ policy plans...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A Brennan Center analysis has found that at least 17 million voters were purged nationwide between 2016 and 2018, similar to the numbers discovered...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Voters are predicting a reelection victory in 2020 for President Donald Trump, but less than a third would be happy about it, according to...
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — One hundred years ago women were on the cusp of voting equality. They had their first chance to participate in democracy, which is...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — For over 25 years the Tennessee Tribune has proudly chronicled the good things happening in North Nashville and across our city, region and...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — There has been widespread speculation whether D.C. Councilmember Vincent Gray will seek re-election to his Ward 7 seat in 2020. Some political observers say...
OAKLAND POST — Running for San Francisco District Attorney to challenge the system of mass incarceration, SF Deputy Public Defender Chesa Boudin has gained the backing...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Memphis mayor candidate Tami Sawyer says that Memphis cannot wait when it comes to resolving issues she sees the city face, which is...
NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER — As Benjamin Franklin was leaving the Constitutional Convention he was approached by a woman who asked, “What have you given us, a monarchy...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Allen West, the former Florida congressman who now lives in Texas, announced Wednesday evening that he is exploring a run for Texas GOP...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Presidential hopeful and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have released a plan aimed at closing the wage gap affecting black and brown women, part...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — Andre Southall called Councilman DeCosta Hastings on Tuesday and told him he wanted to suspend his campaign and endorse DeCosta for re-election. According...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — The community gathered for a public forum to speak on ‘the state of Black Nashville’ on June 27. Fox 17 on-air personality Harriet Wallace...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Jill Biden says the American people “didn’t buy” any insinuation during the Democratic presidential debate that her husband, former Vice President Joe Biden, is...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Melanie Campbell flew to her native Florida to personally feel, hear and see the 20 Democratic presidential candidates debate on health care, race, foreign...
THE AFRO — For the first 144 years of our nation’s existence, the words, “all men are created equal” did not include the women of our country....
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Six candidates for at large council answered questions Monday night before a crowd of at least 1,000 at Plaza Mariachi on Nolensville Rd....
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — With national Democrats looking to make Texas a battleground, a new Republican group is launching to register hundreds of thousands of new voters...
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE — Chatham County Board of Elections member Antwan T. Lang is trying to make voting easier for citizens, especially the younger generation. Lang says,...
