A request of the Virginia's Appomattox County Board of Elections to close precincts serving Black citizens created fears of ...
From racial terror to literacy tests to modern-day voter suppression, efforts to silence Black political power have never stopped.
We may not always agree, but disagreement should never turn into disrespect,” Councilor Byron Hickey of District 1 told the ...
The SAVE Act would gut third-party voter registration, a method more often used by Black and brown voters and other groups ...
With President Donald Trump enacting mass deportations, attacking birthright citizenship and targeting other civil rights, ...
These 10 remarkable individuals are upholding John Lewis' tradition of making “good trouble” in the name of securing voting ...
Conservatives have challenged the drawing of some Black-majority congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterms ...
ESSENCE Black Futures honorees, Dr. Brandon Frame, Tevon Blair, Dr. Topeka Sam and W. Mondale Robinson discuss the power of ...
D.C. is bracing for $1 billion in budget cuts that will impact all residents, but Black communities stand to be hit the ...
declaring segregation unconstitutional — to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, white Southerners escalated their campaign of intimidation and violence to keep Black voters from the ...
Heeding opposition from Black clergy and the Black Caucus, the City Council voted 26 to 19 not to impose a ban on the sale of ...
"The country wasn't ready for a Black woman president, and that's why so many on-the-fencers voted for Trump this time." ...