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Inspired by Harris, many Black sorority and fraternity members are helping downballot races

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes isn’t a member of the historically Black sororities and fraternities known as the “Divine Nine.” But throughout her hotly contested reelection campaign this year, Hayes, the first Black woman to represent Connecticut in Congress, has sometimes felt like she’s a fellow soror, the term used by Black Greek organizations for sorority sisters. On their own, members have shown up to call voters, organize fundraisers, knock on doors, cheer Hayes on at campaign events and […]

todayOctober 31, 2024

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Downballot: Donald Trump is not a threat to democracy

As the 2024 election nears, theGrio’s Downballot series explores the issues, races and individual candidates appearing on the ballots in state and local elections.  What happens to an election deferred?  Does it dry uplike a president’s Big Lie?Or ramble aimlesslylike a man in cognitive decline?Will votes be certified on the House floor?Or in the Supreme Court,like Bush v. Gore? Maybe America’s too strongto let democracy erode. Or does it explode? Can one drop of anointing oil spoil a ballot?  I’m […]

todayOctober 25, 2024

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Downballot: The 10 weirdest politicians on the 2024 ballot

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.  As the 2024 election nears, theGrio’s Downballot series explores the issues, races and individual candidates appearing on the ballots in state and local elections.  “Weird” isn’t necessarily an insult.  It’s an adjective used to describe something that is “different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.” The term defines something that is “strange, of extraordinary […]

todayOctober 9, 2024 1

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Downballot: a daughter of the confederacy vs. the Klan killer’s son

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.   As the 2024 election nears, theGrio’s Downballot series explores the issues, races and individual candidates appearing on the ballots in state and local elections.  Open on a primly dressed mom-next-door type wearing pearl earrings and a remarkably unremarkable shopping smock. In front of a slightly out-of-focus Piggly Wiggly sign, the woman strolls through a supermarket parking lot with two […]

todaySeptember 24, 2024