By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist Even though the next Congress, which starts on January 6, will feature 48 African Americans, the largest number in history, the...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Since the November 4 elections, there has been a broad and needed discussion concerning what the Democrats did wrong or,...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist In the face of a calculated and relentless assault by Republicans on Barack Obama, a president with a dismal approval...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The midterm elections have upended the old tropes about what you can or can’t do or say about guns during...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist A total of $172 million. That was the record amount the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raised in 2013 and...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist One source of the widespread losses the Democratic Party suffered this month in the midterm elections can be traced to...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The midterm elections are over, the final numbers are in and they don’t look pretty if you’re a progressive. So,...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Last week’s midterm elections were historic. Republicans regained control of the U.S. Senate, increased their majority in the House, and expanded...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist If there was one lesson to be learned on Election Day it was this: Until President Obama is gone and...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Like everyone else, I am processing the November election results. I will write more about that later, but there was...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Is there any doubt about the preeminence of the race factor that helped to determine the outcome of the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The mid-term national election will go down as the biggest landslide since 1928. The Democratic Party suffered a full fledge...
By Cleo Manago NNPA Guest Columnist To explain the very low turn-out of Black (and Brown) people or Democrats during recent elections, President Barack Obama said,“…[Black people,...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Pundits are likely to spend the next several weeks attempting to explain the many reasons that Republicans simply kicked the Democrats...
WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—Just like that, Washington’s political landscape has shifted again. Republicans expanded their majority in the House of Representatives and captured enough...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist JERUSALEM — On Election Night, I usually stay awake as long as my eyelids are willing to cooperate. But this...
Cooper Allen, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)—It all comes down to this. The campaign is coming to a close, and we’re now on the eve of...
Ben Nuckols, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s election for mayor could end up as the most competitive in the history of the nation’s...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist The November 4 election is only a moment away. Believe it or not, as of about two weeks ago, two...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist The closer Election Day gets, the more confused I am by the behavior of Democrats. For the past several years,...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The Black vote is said to be the determining factor in whether the Democrats hold the U.S. Senate. President Obama is...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Although Latinos are growing at a faster rate than any other ethnic group in the United States, they will have...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Lost in the frenzy to erect barriers to voting, including reducing the hours available for early voting and imposing strict...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I had separate conversations with two governors last week. Both were White, one was a Democrat and one was a Republican. ...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist We say we have “voting power,” but we have settled merely for the “power to vote.” We fight for the “right...
