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Black members of Congress and advocates convened on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for what they say is an urgent call for reparations, even as Donald Trump’s White House uses the power of the presidency to dismantle decades-long work to achieve equity and justice for Black communities harmed by U.S. government-sanctioned chattel slavery and racial discrimination. […]
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President Trump fired the librarian of Congress because she promoted diversity, equity and inclusion, the White House said Friday, making Dr. Carla Hayden one of the most high-profile leaders of color to be targeted in the administration’s campaign to suppress discussions about race and gender at America’s cultural institutions. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press […]
Barbara Lee, a trailblazing former member of Congress, has been elected as the next mayor of Oakland, California, after fending off an insurgent challenge from the center at a critical moment for the Bay Area city. Lee defeated the former city council member Loren Taylor after nine rounds of ranked-choice voting gave her more than […]
Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered in Salt Lake City to honor her life and legacy after she died of brain cancer in March at age 49. SALT LAKE CITY — Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and […]
Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress after she died of brain cancer last month at age 49. The former lawmaker from Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants, had undergone treatment for an aggressive […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress after she died of brain cancer last month at age 49. The former lawmaker from Utah, a daughter of Haitian […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress after she died of brain cancer last month at age 49. The former lawmaker from Utah, a daughter of Haitian […]
Mia Love, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died on Sunday. The former US House member of Utah was 49. Love’s family posted news of her death on Love’s X account. She had undergone recent treatment for brain . . .
Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, who served from 2015 to 2019, when her opposition to the candidacy and presidency of Donald J. Trump earned his enmity, died on Sunday at her home in Saratoga Springs, Utah. She was 49. Her family announced the death in a post on one of […]