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From voting rights to the COVID-19 response, the Biden White House and Congress grappled with a host of matters impacting Black communities.
Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) scored the endorsement of a police union that has backed a straight Republican statewide ticket for nearly fifteen years.
We present, as we do most years: the five most undersold political stories of 2021. Keeping up with politics is easy with The 5-Minute Fix Newsletter, in your inbox weekdays.
Bookshelf The Best Books of 2021: Politics Barton Swaim revisits the best of a year in political argument and analysis.
With the year closing out, ESSENCE is recognizing the top political moments of 2021. And the common theme is, no surprise, Black women. From fighting for voting rights to laying the groundwork in ...
Much of the past 12 months felt as though 2021 came about by looking at the political insanity of 2020 and thinking smugly: Hold my beer. The storming of the Capitol? A second Trump impeachment?
The White House seeking help from an 18-year-old to promote COVID-19 vaccination. A reality star aiding in the aftermath of the U.S.’s chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal. A governor pas… ...
The 2021 political typology was based on a survey of more than 10,000 people, and we considered using dozens of questions from the survey to create the typology. There are innumerable ways to ...