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The United States of America, under newly sworn-in President Donald Trump’s administration, is facing drastic shifts in its political landscape, representation of minority groups, and the ongoing discourse over diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Against this backdrop, the role of historic trailblazers in politics becomes even more significant. One such visionary was Shirley Chisholm, a […]
US-president elect names supporter known for denying the results of the 2020 presidential election. United States President-elect Donald Trump has named Kari Lake, a former television news anchor who mounted unsuccessful Senate and gubernatorial campaigns in Arizona, as his pick to run the state-funded global media organisation Voice of America (VOA). Trump said on Wednesday […]
Oklahoma residents on Sunday mourned the death of former Democratic U.S. Sen. Fred Harris, a trailblazer in progressive politics in the state who ran an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1976. Harris died on Saturday at 94. Democratic Party members across Oklahoma remembered Harris for his commitment to economic and social justice during the 1960s — […]
Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. He was 94. Harris’ wife, Margaret Elliston, confirmed his death to The Associated Press. He had lived in New Mexico since 1976. “Fred Harris passed peacefully early this morning of natural causes. […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Angela Alsobrooks won a U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday to become the first Black candidate to be elected senator in Maryland, as the Democrat prevailed in a blue state against popular Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan. The race had been widely watched with control of the Senate potentially at stake, but […]
Michigan’s Republican U.S. Senate candidate spent part of Tuesday meeting with Black pastors and other leaders. Mike Rogers is urging Black voters to consider voting for him and other Republicans ahead of Election Day next week. “People are saying ‘Hey, I’m not sure I’m a Republican.’ And we’re saying you don’t have to say you’re […]
CNN — Black state lawmakers in Michigan have called on the state’s attorney general and a county prosecutor to investigate Tom Barrett, a GOP candidate for the US House, over a newspaper advertisement in a Black-owned newspaper that listed the wrong date for Election Day. The complaint from the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus alleges that the Barrett campaign […]
North Carolina’s Robinson denies report he wrote racially and sexually explicit posts and called himself a ‘black Nazi’. North Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson has moved to sue CNN, contesting the US network’s claims that he posted obscene sexual and racial comments on a pornography site. Robinson announced the lawsuit at a press conference on […]
A few years ago, American friends of mine bought a home in a European country in order to obtain an E.U. passport. (The country has an immigration program supporting this.) They state that they are doing so in case the United States presidential election goes as they fear. They, and I, have no doubt that […]
Montana U.S. Senate candidate says derogatory comments about Native Americans were “insensitive”
Black Hot Fire Network
October 1, 2024
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy acknowledged Monday that derogatory remark s he made last year about Native Americans were “insensitive.” But Sheehy rejected his opponent’s call to apologize, during a contentious debate in a race that’s emerged as pivotal for control of the Senate. Three-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon […]