A day after the state's watchdog commission refused to say who was running the agency, The Asbury Park Press uncovered that ...
She will become the first Black lawmaker to represent Oregon in Congress. After a hard-fought battle against Republican ...
One African American woman is currently serving in the California State Senate, Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Ladera Heights) ...
Voters for the first time elected two Black women to serve simultaneously in the Senate and sent an openly transgender ...
Two Black women, Laura Richardson and Akilah Weber, are on pace to become California State Senators, while Lisa Blunt-Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks have already won seats in the U.S. Senate.
Melesa Johnson became the first Black woman prosecutor in Jackson County history after defeating Republican Tracey Chappell.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a lawsuit Friday against the Mississippi state Senate for discriminating against a former Black staffer. The woman, a former staff attorney in the ...
A judge has struck down a state law that made it easier for New Yorkers to sue over electoral divisions and voting rules that weakened the political voice of minority groups, saying its special ...