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Black leaders, from Barack Obama to Kamala Harris, react to retirement of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi

Black leaders in politics and the civil rights community are reacting to the announcement of U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi‘s retirement from Congress, marking the end of a nearly 40-year historic career. “Over nearly 40 years in the House, she advanced legislation that improved the lives of everyday Americans and served as inarguably the fiercest check on presidents from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump,” Rev. Al Sharpton said of 85-year-old Pelosi, who was the first woman to be elected Speaker of […]

todayNovember 6, 2025

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Black women have something to say a year after Kamala Harris’ loss

It’s officially been one year since Kamala Harris lost her bid to become America’s first female and first Black and South Asian woman president. The former vice president’s stunning loss to Donald Trump left many Democratic voters devastated, most especially Black women who campaigned and organized in droves to put her in the White House. “I was so sad…I wanted Vice President Kamala Harris to win, but I also knew what was at stake,” said LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black […]

todayNovember 6, 2025

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President Donald Trump brags about the US economy despite growing concerns: “We have the greatest”

President Donald Trump took a victory lap on the economy on the one-year anniversary of his successful election, boasting of cheaper prices and saying the U.S. is the envy of the globe even as the Republican Party faced a rebuke from voters anxious about their own finances in Tuesday’s off-year elections. Trump, speaking Wednesday at the America Business Forum, said he thinks that communication was the problem, insisting that “we have the greatest economy right now” and that “a lot of people […]

todayNovember 6, 2025

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‘I’m really not supposed to be here’: Winsome Earle-Sears touts unlikely rise in concession speech despite no Trump endorsement

Despite losing the race for Governor of Virginia on Tuesday night, Lt. Gov Winsome Earle-Sears hoped that Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger would be a successful leader as she thanked supporters in her concession speech. Election experts called the race for Spanberger less than an hour after polls had closed. As the votes were tallied, the former U.S. Representative had secured nearly 500,000 more votes than Earle-Sears, the state’s first Black woman lieutenant governor. “You know, I’m really not supposed to be […]

todayNovember 6, 2025

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Here’s how much SNAP recipients can expect this November amid government shutdown

Amid the government shutdown and the Trump administration announcing this week that the SNAP program will only be partially funded, more details have emerged in terms of how much recipients can expect to see in their accounts this month. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the SNAP food assistance program, those who are enrolled can expect about 50% of their usual monthly benefits. Following court orders to use emergency funds to cover the cost of SNAP, the […]

todayNovember 5, 2025

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California voters approve new US House map to boost Democrats in 2026

California voters approved new congressional district boundaries Tuesday, delivering a victory for Democrats in the state-by-state redistricting battle that will help determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026 and, with it, the power to thwart or advance President Donald Trump’s agenda. The approval of Proposition 50 gives Democrats a shot at winning as many as five additional seats, just enough to blunt Texas Republicans’ move to redraw their own maps to pick up five GOP seats […]

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Syracuse elects its first Black mayor and second woman, Sharon Owens: ‘This is more than a win’

Syracuse just made history. On Tuesday, Nov. 4, 62-year-old Sharon Owens became the city’s first Black mayor. “We did it, Syracuse,” her campaign wrote on Instagram. “Sharon Owens has been elected our next mayor! This is more than a win — it’s a movement powered by community, love, and a shared vision for a stronger Syracuse. Thank you to everyone who voted, volunteered, and believed.” Owens won with over 13,000 votes, defeating Republican Thomas Babilon and independents Alfonso Davis and […]

todayNovember 5, 2025

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Zohran Mamdani wins Black and youth vote to make history as New York City’s next mayor

Democrat Zohran Mamdani was elected the next mayor of New York City, making history as the Big Apple’s first Muslim mayor and the youngest in more than a century. Tuesday marked the highest voter turnout in New York City in more than three decades, with more than two million voters, according to early vote counts. Mamdani’s victory is a strong endorsement of his campaign platform, which aims to raise taxes on the wealthy to address the city’s affordability crisis, including […]

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Jay Jones makes history as Virginia’s first Black attorney general

Democrat Jay Jones was elected Tuesday as Virginia attorney general, riding a wave of voter dissatisfaction with the White House to overcome the revelation that in 2022 he sent widely condemned texts embracing violence against a fellow state lawmaker. The former Virginia delegate defeated Republican incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares weeks after it emerged that Jones had texted a fellow delegate suggesting the then-House speaker should get “two bullets to the head.” Jones apologized for the private messages both in statements and […]

todayNovember 5, 2025