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Kamala Harris keeps getting heckled by protesters on her book tour and she’s started responding back

The latest stop on former Vice President Kamala Harris’ book tour became heated when protestors interrupted the event. On Saturday, Harris was in Chicago promoting her memoir, “107 Days,” named after the amount of time she had to run as the democratic nominee in the 2024 presidential election after former President Joe Biden dropped out of the race. The book tour stop with journalist Michele Norris was interrupted several times by pro-Palestine protestors, who criticized the former vice president on […]

todayOctober 12, 2025

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D.C.’s Eleanor Holmes Norton, oldest member of Congress at 88, says she’s not going anywhere

As the Democratic Party continues to navigate its brand identity with the voting public following its disappointing loss in the 2024 elections—losing the White House and Congress—many are calling for aging party members to step aside and make room for younger, more effective voices in a political era being dominated by President Donald Trump. Despite those calls, U.S. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has represented Washington, D.C., in Congress for nearly 35 years, recently said she isn’t going anywhere. When […]

todaySeptember 8, 2025

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Jasmine Crockett hits back after Marjorie Taylor Greene says she doesn’t understand Black ‘struggle’ because she’s educated

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Tex., hit back at recent comments from fellow Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who said she doesn’t understand Black American “struggle” because of her educational background. “She claims to be, you know, from her people…she puts on this image that she understands the Black American struggle. But let’s face it, the girl went to private school. She went on to, you know, I don’t know what college and law school she went to. It’s like…she’s a […]

todayAugust 21, 2025

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Jasmine Crockett says she’s not paid enough to buy new home in redrawn Texas district

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett has much to think about as Texas Republicans prepare to approve a new congressional map that would significantly impact her district. During a recent interview with CBS News, Crockett shared she is considering running in a different district next year after Texas Republicans redrew a map that puts her residence outside her 30th Congressional District. Crockett will have to decide whether to run for office in the neighboring 33rd Congressional District or potentially find a new […]

todayAugust 19, 2025

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Jasmine Crockett pulls back from helping Democratic Party after some claimed she’s ‘not a team player’

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett feels some way after recently opening up about her failed bid for committee leadership in the House of Representatives. On Monday, the popular Texas congresswoman pulled her name out of the running to serve as the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform after she came in last place in a preliminary caucus vote. During a recent wide-ranging interview with theGrio, Crockett shared that she is having second thoughts about the time […]

todayJune 27, 2025

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This Harvard-educated civil rights lawyer was laid off from the DOE—now she’s fighting back

Sheria Smith was living her professional dream before getting laid off from the U.S. Department of Education. A Harvard graduate who’d helped children as a teacher before becoming a lawyer, Smith pursued public service over fancy, high-paid corporate positions early in her career so she could give back. That clarity of purpose led her to the DOE in 2016 to accept a position as a civil rights attorney. “It was really important to me that Black students, students like me, […]

todayMarch 20, 2025

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Bernice King explains why she’s ‘glad’ Trump’s inauguration is on Martin Luther King Day

When Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States at his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, it will coincidentally fall on the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s Democratic opponent in the 2024 presidential election, had hoped that the day would instead mark a historic moment in Black history that would’ve seen Harris sworn in as the first Black female president and only the second […]

todayNovember 25, 2024

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Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat. She’s still sending persistent appeals to donors

Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election. Democrats are sending persistent appeals to Harris supporters without expressly asking them to cover any potential debts, enticing would-be donors instead with other matters: the Republican president-elect’s picks for his upcoming administration and a handful of pending congressional contests where ballots are still being tallied. “The Harris campaign certainly spent […]

todayNovember 18, 2024

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Harris says she’s ready if Trump tries to prematurely declare victory, isn’t worried about sexism

Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday that her team is prepared to challenge Donald Trump if he tries to prematurely declare victory in the 2024 election — but she’s first focused on beating the Republican nominee. Harris spoke to NBC News just two weeks before Election Day, as part of a media blitz meant to deliver her closing argument before as many persuadable voters as possible. She said she was not concerned about the role sexism could play in the election, as […]

todayOctober 23, 2024