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Credit: By Scrumshus While conventional wisdom portrays the 2024 election narrative as a backlash to diversity and racial equality, the reality is far more nuanced. The upcoming 2025 Congress will see five Black senators serving simultaneously — a historic level of representation in the U.S. Senate. The 2024 elections are just one step in our […]
Top row, from left, are Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), Assemblymember Akilah Weber (D-San Diego), and Laura Richardson – candidate for CA State Senate District 35. Bottom row, from left, are Lisa Blunt-Rochester (Delaware), Angela Alsobrooks (Maryland), and Michelle Chambers – candidate for CA State Senate District 35. (Courtesy photo) There is one African American […]
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media (CBM) – There is one African American woman currently serving in the California State Senate, Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Ladera Heights). It’s the same in the U.S. Senate. In October of 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) to complete the term of Sen. Dianne Feinstein after she passed away in September 2023. […]
Top row (left to right): Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), Assemblymember Akilah Weber (D-San Diego), Laura Richardson – candidate for CA State Senate District 35. Bottom row (left to right): Lisa Blunt-Rochester (Delaware), Angela Alsobrooks (Maryland), and Michelle Chambers – candidate for CA State Senate District 35. PHOTO: Courtesy of CBM By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media There is […]
The US will have two Black women serving as senators for the first time in US history, with the election of Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland. Blunt Rochester, a congresswoman from Delaware, will be the first woman and Black senator to represent the state. Alsobrooks, a former county executive and […]
Six U.S. senators have called for the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Formula One Management’s decision to reject Andretti’s bid to join the grid in 2025 or 2026. According to a copy of the letter obtained by The Athletic, the bipartisan group of senators suggested, “it is possible that such […]
Israeli PM’s comments follow mounting criticism from Democrats on the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza. Israel’s war on Gaza will continue, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told US Republican senators, despite mounting criticism from Democratic leaders about the growing humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged Palestinian territory. Speaking to Republican senators via videolink on Wednesday, […]
Anadolu / Contributor / Getty Images Only three Black women have ever served in the U.S. Senate since it was established in 1789. That could change this year if Rep. Barbara Lee of California, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware and Prince George County, Maryland Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester win their […]
TheGrio’s “Running Black” election series profiles Black candidates running for office in the 2024 elections. If successful, each candidate profiled could make history in their state. Hear from them in their own words about what’s at stake in their races, for the country, and for Black and brown communities on the political margin. After serving four terms in […]
Washington — A trio of senators on Sunday released a bipartisan immigration agreement with the White House that would give the president far-reaching powers to clamp down on unlawful border crossings, including the authority to turn away migrants without allowing them to request asylum. The deal, which has been months in the making, would overhaul […]