Politics
Michigan state Rep. Jewell Jones could spend up to a decade in prison for a litany of criminal charges, including bringing a handcuffs key into the county jail by taping it to the bottom of his shoe. Yes, really.
Texas' new restrictive voting law is a perfect example of how, for several decades, the GOP has depended on racism to keep white people in power and nonwhites on the outside.
Frequently citing Boston's racist reputation, Black Bostonians took turns explaining why they thought the city's voters continue to pass over qualified Black mayoral candidates.
City Councilors Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu -- the top two vote-getters in Boston's mayoral primary -- advanced to faceoff in the general election in November, ensuring the city will elect its first non-white male mayor. She just won't be Black.
Republican California gubernatorial recall candidate Larry Elder lost his bid to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom as voters decided against a right-wing extremist who has repeatedly been described as a Black white supremacist.
After realizing there is likely no realistic path to victory in the California gubernatorial recall election, conservative and right-wing political operatives have appeared to embrace a familiar tactic of pushing the unproven allegations of voter fraud.
Conservative supporters of Larry Elder, a Black Republican running in California's gubernatorial recall election, want "hate crime" charges for a white woman who threw eggs at him while wearing a gorilla mask. They claim it's racist.
Walker, who was endorsed by Donald Trump last week, told Fox his main platform is to bring integrity and honesty back to this country and back to the state of Georgia.
On Sept. 8, Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker announced her painful decision to withdraw from this year's City Council race, a choice she explained was extremely "difficult." Walker became the city's first Black female mayor in 2017.
The announcement that the Department of Justice intends to sue Texas for its recently enacted anti-abortion law was being hailed by Black women, in particular, who are disproportionately affected. But the lawsuit is not enough, one group said.
A Florida law disingenuously presented as being "anti-riot" when critics say it is, in fact, anti-peaceful protester and protects drivers who hit protesters, has been deemed unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled.
Larry Elder was touring a homeless encampment in Venice, California, while campaigning to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom if he's recalled in the Sept. 14 election. The crowd was hostile towards him and one woman threw an egg at him.
