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Dolores Huerta and Barbara Lee Co-Chair Kamala Harris 2020 Campaign
Lawmakers Push to Protect Historic African American Burial Grounds
Ted Lieu Launches Investigation into NRA Ties to Russia
California Attorney General Leads State Lawsuit Over National Emergency Declaration
AOC and Joaquín Castro Team Up to Stop Trump’s Emergency Declaration
Lisa Borders has resigned as President and CEO of Time’s Up, the initiative formed in response to sexual misconduct allegations in Hollywood and beyond.
President Barack Obama will be part of a partnership with the NBA and the international basketball organization FIBA to create a basketball league in Africa. Obama’s role has not yet been made public, but he is expected to take an active role.
Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Joaquín Castro (D-TX) will team up to introduce a bill to block Donald Trump’s “national emergency” declaration.
There are four blue stars on the Arkansas state flag, and each one is given a special meaning in the state’s Constitution. But it is the star above "ARKANSAS" that has drawn increased scrutiny…
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging Donald Trump's national emergency declaration.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) spent more than $30 million to support the Trump campaign, an amount far greater than those used for previous Republican presidential nominees.
From Texas to Maryland, construction projects and archaeological surveys have unearthed numerous previously unknown African American burial grounds in just the last year.
Latinx civil rights icon Dolores Huerta on Friday not only endorsed CA Senator Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential run, but it was announced that the labor rights activist would co-chair the campaign with Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA).
The House of Representatives passed a resolution authored by Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA), which says that since Congress never authorized the involvement in…
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) announced that actor and activist Terrence J would serve as the organization’s new TMCF National Ambassador.
A woman accusing VA Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax (D) of sexual assault will meet with law enforcement and a District Attorney to detail her sexual assault claim.
DNC Chair Tom Pérez has tapped Howard Dean -- a former presidential candidate, Vermont Governor, and DNC Chair -- to head a new data exchange operation to use voter data to drive Americans to the polls.