A Key Iowa Democrat Hasn’t Endorsed Anyone For President Yet
Deidre DeJear, the former state chair for Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, says she plans on making a decision before the caucuses Monday.
Deidre DeJear, the former state chair for Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, says she plans on making a decision before the caucuses Monday.
Mondaire Jones, who is vying to become the first openly gay black congressman, is running in a crowded field to replace Lowey.
The national effort to recruit and organize for Biden on campuses comes as Sanders has emerged as a potent force on HBCUs.
A newcomer’s critique of Amy McGrath is stirring tension in the race to oust Trump’s most powerful ally in Washington.
The Biden endorsements come as Pete Buttigieg’s black allies are trying to show he has support at home.
“The party says that black women are the base and our primary support, and there are five black women in the House who are attorneys and only two of us are former prosecutors,” Rep. Stacey Plaskett said.
Texas Rep. Al Green was the first to support impeaching Trump. He’s not planning on dropping it anytime soon.
“For me it’s not about having a plan or an ambition — it’s about having results. In New Hampshire, folks know what I’m talking about," the presidential candidate told BuzzFeed News.
"We haven't yet found the right language that makes the community feel as if we understand where they're coming from and what's actually happening to them,” a DNC official said.
"I’ve got butterflies, of course," Deval Patrick told BuzzFeed News, "because I’ve never done this before."
Before he was a prominent voice in the Black Lives Matter movement, Shaun King pastored Courageous Church in Atlanta. Two years after he founded the church, King stepped down amid financial stress and some of the same questions that would dog his later career, something he addressed in an interview with BuzzFeed News.
“What you’re seeing is not a performance.”
"People want to know who’s going to go to bat and fight for us," said Stephen Green, a 27-year-old former NAACP official who plans to challenge Payne Jr.
Donald Trump’s election and presidency has inspired the biggest outpouring of liberal activism in more than a decade. But Black Lives Matter seems less visible than a year ago. After a meteoric rise to prominence, the movement is struggling mightily with sharp disputes over direction and leadership.
“They did all of the work, they did the heavy lifting,” Lewis said at an event in Washington on Wednesday night. “They were kept back.”
Leaders from historically black colleges met with President Trump and Vice President Pence on Monday and pushed various agenda items — which they’re hopeful will come to fruition under the administration.
The fight for John Conyers' seat is tense. His great-nephew's pitch is less legacy and more about making Detroit great again.
Campaign Zero is designed to stop the police from killing people and has a new tool to track its feedback. Some prominent Democrats are already sold — and it’s left other activists who had nothing to do with the project frustrated about where to go next.
The goal, operatives say, is to replicate the success of groups like Planned Parenthood Action and EMILY's List. "They say, ‘Hey, we hear you, we're going to change.’ Then they do worse. I think this moment is us finally saying, ‘This is not working for us.’”
"Do I agree with him that those people were criminals and engaged in criminal activity? Yes. I don't know the case, it wasn't my case. I can't tell you all the details of it. They confessed. Their alibi is they were beating someone else up, which I think is pretty weird."