“Black Votes Matter” co-founder LaTosha R. Brown and “Woke Vote” founder DeJuana L. Thompson joined students to discuss black electoral empowerment at the Phillips Brooks House Thursday.
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Georgia County and Secretary of State Sued for Rejecting Minority Absentee Ballots at High Rates | Mother Jones
Gwinnett County has thrown out a much higher share of ballots from minority voters than from white voters.
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Kamala Harris proposes big new middle-class tax break | Politico
Sen. Kamala Harris, a potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, today proposed a big new tax break for average Americans.
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In Mississippi Senate race, an African American Democrat faces a Republican using a Confederate symbol | The Washington Post
In Mississippi, where Espy is seeking to become the first black senator from the state since shortly after the Civil War, the difficulty facing him is underscored by the unbroken line of white, male faces that have led the state for the past century and a half. And it is exemplified by McDaniel’s tactics.
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Letter From The Democrat Plantation | Medium
William Spivey Medium The Old Plantation, John Rose. Featured Image [dropcap]I[/dropcap] argue on the Internet with what I’ll lump together and call Republicans. Most of them are indeed registered Republicans although some prefer only to be called Conservative or Libertarian. As far as I know, I’m the only black regular among the group but being […]
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He’s a Rhodes Scholar. The G.O.P. Keeps Calling Him a ‘Big-City Rapper.’ | The New York Times
PORT EWEN, N.Y. — It has taken 12 years, but Antonio Delgado has finally received recognition for his brief career as a rap artist.
All it took was for him to run for Congress in New York.
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Obama’s Back! | The New York Times
The former president loosens Trump’s stranglehold on the news.
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How Black women are organizing to energize voters | The Philadelphia Tribune
Meeting on the campus of Jackson State University on a recent Friday afternoon, dozens of Black women came together to strategize about the upcoming midterm elections, opening the gathering with a freedom song.
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When Having a Progressive Record Isn’t Enough | The Atlantic
Ayanna Pressley’s challenge to the Democrat Mike Capuano in Massachusetts shows how the left is looking for candidates with “lived experience.”
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Why LeBron James has carried us long enough The Guardian
The NBA superstar’s social heft is beyond dispute, but it shouldn’t be on him to fix the problems that vex our nation
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