Afro4d
Legislative Black Caucus highlights Maryland’s ‘Black excellence’ at CBCF conference
Pierre said 34 members of the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus will head to the White House and Capitol Hill on Sept. 18 to lobby on behalf of the state of Maryland. “We were so proud to come ...
How is New York State's 'red flag' law used on LI? Review after murder-suicide shows not much in Nassau, but Suffolk leads state
Some experts call the law a great tool, while others have doubts about its effectiveness and are concerned about people's ...
Afro6d
Maryland Delegate Jennifer White Holland, left
Maryland Delegate Jennifer White Holland, left; Leah Jones, director of maternal health and birth equity initiatives for SisterSong; Dr. Alicia Christy, former deputy director of reproductive ...
Transcript: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Sept. 15, 2024
The following is a transcript of an interview with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, on "Face the Nation with Margaret ...
Newsday7d
2 Black women could make Senate history on Election Day
WASHINGTON — The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber, a situation never seen in America since Congress was ...
Pan Macmillan7d
Black history for every day of the year: well known figures and unsung heroes
The new book by David Olusoga and his siblings, Yinka and Kemi, will change everything you thought you knew about history and the people who have shaped it.
The Washington Post26d
Angela Alsobrooks met the moment at the DNC. Now comes the hard part.
Hoyer, her longtime mentor and a Maryland political legend ... the dual possibility of a single election sending a Black woman to the White House and more Black women to the Senate heightened ...
The Washington Post23d
Poll: Alsobrooks, Hogan locked in a tight Maryland Senate race
With the November elections fast approaching, the race to fill Maryland’s open U.S ... a narrower eight-point margin with White voters under 50. Among Black voters 50 and over, Alsobrooks ...
Baltimore Banner10d
How Maryland became the nation’s blueprint for electing Black politicians
Marylanders have a chance to transform the state into the nation’s center of Black political power, electing a Black governor ...
KSTP-TV10d
Police seek thief who stole Pride flag, Black Lives Matter signs from homes in Bloomington
Bloomington police are asking the public’s help in identifying a man who was seen stealing a Pride flag and Black Lives Matter ... a color-block hoodie and white Nike sneakers.
The New York Times26d
How Black American tennis players built U.S. stardom: ‘Serena and Venus said I can be myself’
She is proud and amazed and humbled that a young Black woman from what she described as a “predominantly White sport” would end up holding the American flag for the biggest moment of the world ...
CBS News13d
At Harvard, Ketanji Brown Jackson knew about a White student fighting to remove a Confederate flag. He is now her husband.
Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to serve ... That's when she met Patrick Jackson, a White classmate who joined an effort to have a Confederate flag removed from campus.