Politics
Adewale "Wally" Adeyemo will be the deputy Treasury secretary, making the Nigerian-born Obama era official the first Black person to ever serve in that role.
Joe Biden tapped Cecelia Rouse to be the next chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers. If confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first Black person to ever hold the position.
The election results are official, but for many Black voters, concerns about efforts to disenfranchise their ballots this year will linger.Â
Symone Sanders and Karine Jean-Pierre were part of a historic all-female communications team that will serve Joe Biden and Kamala Harris' administration.
Black Lives Matter activists and other prominent Black political leaders want to ensure that the Senate includes a Black woman representative as Harris transitions to her role of Vice President.
Regardless of which country launched the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's top nuclear scientist, there seems to be one unverified consensus on social media: Donald Trump was probably involved in some way, shape or fashion.
Election experts repeatedly called Trump’s effort to discount the election results a PR stunt to save his image, but what hasn’t been acknowledged as widely is his more pernicious goal to scapegoat Black voters for his loss.
Black women invested in this election with the promise that their votes would produce action towards legislation eradicating blocked accessways to wellness without the threat of patriarchy and misogynoir, bridled under the umbrella of white supremacy.
David Dinkins' death prompted recollections of when Rudy Giuliani lost the NYC mayoral race to him, quickly conceded defeat and urged "democracy," a far cry from his role in 2020.
Goff will help lead efforts to help propel Biden's legislative efforts through Congress, which includes policies promising to lengthen, ensure, and enrich the lives of Black people in America.
‘Blessed’: Linda Thomas-Greenfield Would Be Just Second Black Woman Ambassador To United Nations
Linda Thomas-Greenfield became the first Black person who Biden tapped to be part of his cabinet. If confirmed, she would be just the second Black woman to ever be the ambassador to the United Nations.
While placing a Black person in positions of power is not the cure-all to reverse 400 years of systemic racism, the time to account for the sins of the past is now.
