higher percentage of Republicans voted for Civil Rights Act than Democrats The improvement of black lives under Trump and free market economy is no mirage except portent of things to come that has Democratic Party running scared.. ..…
Harris responded to comments that Pete Buttigieg's sexuality was problem for African-American voters. ..…
in coverage of Democratic campaign is that the race looks much different in the early states than it does, with wider playing field, greater strength for upstart candidates such as Pete Buttigieg, and signs of weakness for the in national polls, Joe Biden.. ..…
In interviews this weekend, black Democratic Party officials in South Carolina largely said that Mr. ..…
Daniel Greenfield, Shillman Journalism Fellow at Freedom Center, r focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.. ..…
According to poll that Monmouth University conducted last week, one in five black Democratic voters South Carolina remain undecided.. ..…
This sign from the 1960s, quoting Muhammad Ali on why he refused to be drafted to fight Vietnamese, shows that the enormous movements for Black civil rights and Black power and against Vietnam war, both of. ..…
Joe Biden takes selfies with people attending his event at Hyatt Park Community Center on May 4, 2019, Columbia, South Carolina. ..…
In Florida, the impact of voting was more where Black Democrat Andrew Gillum lost to Republican Ron DeSantis by 30,000 votes, in in. ..…
The Democratic Presidential Candidates Ivy League Problem and the Party Divide It Signals. ..…
“I just wanted to express that I don’t think black people are worse than white people,” said Burkes, a white Democrat who plans to vote against Trump in 2020. ..…
In turn, currently, Joe Biden polls higher among black Democratic voters than does either Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) or Corey Booker (D-N.J.), suggesting that aside from elite racial pyrotechnics, most Americans want to transcend race. . ..…
And majority, 77 percent, say students should have the option to take comparative religion class and 58 percent should be able to study Bible, according to new survey. ..…
Holly Mitchell of Los Angeles looked out at more than hundred black women gathered for event at California Democratic Party convention earlier this summer and marveled at the group's progress... ..…
new study from Gen Forward, University of Chicago-based polling initiative, takes deeper look at the political attitudes and preferences of young people aged 18-36, group that is comprising growing share of the electorate. ..…
The controversy that has emerged from Trump’s comments on Baltimore reflects three interrelated theoretical and practical issues among Black/African peoples in the United States: The continued hegemonic standing of liberalism within mainstream Black political thought, the subordination of what is..…
Obama, the first black president, tweeted the op-ed out Saturday as Trump lashed out at Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, a black Democrat from Baltimore. . 'I’ve always been proud of what this team accomplished during my administration. ..…
In What Americans Do Now Will Define Us Forever, the futile attempts of the conservative intelligensia to either distance themselves from Trump or provide leaf over whatever it's he is doing.. ..…
The last and phase of his career started July 1977, when he was convicted for in highly controversial trial and later hanged by Zia-ul-Haq.. ..…
Clyburn, the state’s most influential Democrat, said it was not surprising that many black S.C. voters are either standing by Biden or unfazed by his comments. . ... Sellers said a similar scenario could happen in 2020 to benefit Harris — if not the other prominent black..…
and I use myself as example, as young, black Democrat in state that's mostly Republican, we have to work with people on the other side, attitude that could make voters sympathetic to Biden's core point about working with ideological opponents.. ... She came in second behind Biden in..…
By referring to his relationships with, In remarks at fundraiser on Tuesday, Biden emphasized his ability to work across the aisle James Eastland, Democratic from Mississippi from 1943-1978, and Heman Talmadge, Democratic from Georgia. ..…
A large number of Black intellectuals and pundits weighed in, not just at the hearing, but on Twitter and beyond, making a hash of the Democrat 'narrative.' Quillette columnist Coleman Hughes, who's a Black Democrat, argued in testimony . . ..…
Regina Ashford Barrow, a black woman and Democrat who voted for the Louisiana bill, also tried to build support for social programs in every room where the bill was discussed, she said. ..…
Louisiana includes some of the last bastions for in Democratic Party.. ..…
Two of Democratic Party's best-known candidates, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, are in their 70s, yet only 3% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say this is the best age range for president. ..…
Tonya Burke, Democrat, consultant and former mayor pro-temp of Perris Riverside County, said Black California should stop giving their money to Democratic Party and donate to candidates they support. ..…
Later, in a lengthy chapter on identity politics, she gives clear examples of how it was used against Sanders by Clinton and Democrat leaders in the black community. ... Black Democratic Party congressmen were wheeled out to endorse Clinton by playing the identity politics..…
We are so thankful for them and for the courageous black Democratic legislators. ..…
In previous post, the philosophy class on ethics. ..…
“Across election cycles we can see the demonstrated sophistication of black women voters as extraordinarily pragmatic.” . So what does all this mean for the crowded field of Democrat candidates? ..…
Webb, as a very dangerous level of action by Democrat party... It's something very dangerous you tearing the community apart. Citing the high rate of abortions among black women, the pressure on black women to abort their own children keeps them in poverty and correlates to single..…
Sidney Wolfe explains why Public Citizen is calling for moratorium on FDA approval of any new opioids. ..…
If you look back at the 1980 election, for example, black voters made up about 20% of Democrat Jimmy Carter's vote. In 2000, they were about 20% of Democrat Al Gore's base of support against George W. ..…
WASHINGTON, including growing percentages of Whites, Blacks, independents, Democrats and Republicans — say they believe U.S government does not spend enough on improving the condition of African- Americans, U.S survey shows.. ..…
California Democrat, 's 100 delegates during rally attended by about 4,000 people at Morehouse College, well-known black institution... ... Ninety-two percent of black women voted for Democrat in the election, making them element of the party's triumphs over GOP. ..…
White Democrats are invoking God far less than their predecessors, referring to religious faith according to analysis by Professor Peter Beinart of City University of New York.. ..…
There's never been moment for women of in politics like there is now, said Aimee Allison, president and founder of She the People, national network. . ..…
Race was central, Richard Nixon and key Republican strategists began to recognize, to the fundamental conservative strategy of establishing a new, noneconomic polarization of the electorate, a polarization isolating a liberal, activist, culturally permissive, rights-oriented and pro-black..…
“Right now is a time to listen to ideas,” said Holly Sauers, a staunch Democrat and resident of Charleston, S.C. ... Among these voters, who were mostly white and black Democrats who acknowledged their own misunderstandings about Native American communities and history, Ms. ..…
Yes, they buy Black, Democrat politicians! . To paraphrase Jay-Z, “Blacks folks got 99 problems, but homosexuality, amnesty, and Planned Parenthood should not be one.” . ..…
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York immersed herself South Carolina over the weekend, er to introduce to the heavily black Democratic electorate... ..…
“I tell people in my state when they ask me, ‘Why are you a black, female, Democrat lawmaker fighting for life?’ ... In general, she’s “received encouragement from her base to support pro-life issues, whether Democrat or Republican, black or white.” ..…
The following edited commentary was written by Mumia Abu-Jamal and is posted on Prison Radio.. ..…
Rather than running an “insurgent” campaign, Jackson ran a deliberately mainstream race that rested on the support of the Black Democratic establishment. One writer’s description of the 1988 February New Hampshire primary illustrated the difference: “In contrast to 1984, when elected..…
This was especially notable in areas where a local Black Democratic establishment helped secure the vote for Clinton. ..…
Karen Bass, Black Democrat from California, during intense exchange with witnesses about the reality of voter suppression.. ..…
Democrats from Colorado’s Black Democratic Legislative Caucus called the comments were “out of touch” and “inappropriate.” . ..…
After all, the worst safety conditions and other urban amenities for blacks are in cities that have been controlled by Democrats for decades. ..…
King fought the Democratic Party of Lyndon Johnson and the Black Democratic Establishment. ..…
Stop pandering to black voters and guilt-tripping white voters with the slavery of our past. ... Stop pandering to black voters and guilt-tripping white voters with the slavery of our past. ..…
John Conyers, “Became a perennial Black Democrat rallying cry and others in Black civil society. ... “We can’t expect anything but a replay of what James Forman, Jr. was recounting from the ’70s and ’80s in terms of Black Democratic proposals in the..…
o denouncing Buck, activists demanding that any political candidates, state parties, or action committees that received money from him donate identical amount to organizations that serve LGBTQ of color. ..…
Congress of Racial Equality and members of All Souls Church, Unitarian located Washington, D.C march memory of Street Baptist Church bombing victims. ..…
To take just few examples He dismissed questions from White House April Ryan, of American Urban Radio Networks, ers last month On the campaign trail, Trump defended Mississippi Sen. ..…
Ayanna Pressley (D) became the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. . Jahana Hayes (D) became the first black woman and the first black Democrat elected to Congress from Connecticut. . ..…
Midterms voters in five North Carolina counties elected Black Democratic sheriffs for the first time, including Gerald Baker in Wake County. ..…
These negative indications were even stronger in the high-profile gubernatorial races in Florida and Georgia, each narrowly won by a right-wing white Republican who faced a left-wing black Democrat. ..…
A long history of voter suppression in Georgia has aimed at minimizing the Black vote. . Democrat Jered Polis won in Colorado — the first time an openly gay person has been elected governor of a state. ..…
They’re thinking about religion and politics mixing on the political right and so that’s giving rise to why a white Democrat might feel uncomfortable going to church or might seek out a very specific kind of church. Whereas a black Democrat that dissonance isn’t there for..…
Blexit — Is the Democrat Monopoly of the Black Vote Ending? . Written by Steve Byas . . decrease font size . increase font size . . . . ... He told the reporter that he was voting for the Republican (a white man) over the Democrat (a black woman) in the Georgia..…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla - Hotly contested battles Georgia and Florida pitting liberal black Democrats against white Republicans supported by President Donald Trump headline the dozen governors races being contested Tuesday's U.S elections.. ..…
Loyal to President Abraham Lincoln, black Americans flocked to Republican Party. ..…
Loyal to President Abraham Lincoln, black Americans flocked to Republican Party. ..…
Years ago, back in the early 1980s, I had conservative friend England. ..…
Hayes, who if elected would be the first black Democrat represent Connecticut in Congress, has gotten a lot of campaign money from out of state; and from members of the all-Democratic Connecticut congressional delegation; and from political action committees. ..…
With nerves still raw from the confirmation process of now Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, speculation whirls regarding what the political implications will be... ..…
In a state where only 3 percent of the population is black, Democrat Deidre DeJear could make history if she’s elected Iowa’s next secretary of state: She’d be the first African-American to ever hold statewide office. . ..…
Voters Not Politicians -- advocacy group linked to Democratic Party -- convinced Michigan's Board of State Canvassers to add the proposal to the ballot. ..…
SACRAMENTO, Calif — Most people under 21 wo not be able to buy guns California starting next year under Gov. ..…
By the sex they were assigned at birth, Overall, roughly half of Americans say that whether someone is man or woman is determined, while 44% say someone can be man or woman even if that is different from the sex they were assigned at birth.. ..…
Among Republicans and Republican leaners, most say the country has already made the needed changes to give blacks equal rights with whites 36% say that more needs to be done. ..…
Black Democratic lawmakers are on the front lines of the resistance against the laws, but they are witnessing their waning power in many states, including rural districts. ..…
The population of Mississippi is 57 percent white and 38 percent Black, and its delegation of two senators and four members of Congress are white Republicans, except for one Black Democrat in the House. ... Under a party list system, for example, Black..…
Democrats are much more likely Muslims, Hispanics, gays and lesbians and women face in society today. ..…
Over the last few years, contentious public debates have emerged on issues involving liberty, traditional values and civil rights for LGBT people, including whether wedding-related businesses should be required to provide their services to same-sex couples, and more recently over the use of public restrooms..…
In that year, 95% of black Protestants said they voted for Democrat Barack Obama, while 78% of Mormons voted for Republican Mitt Romney. ..…
You think I answer questions under oath from Republicans on Judiciary Committee... ..…
Majorities of black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated continue to identify with or lean toward Democratic Party, and say they would vote for Democratic in their district this fall. ..…
The boos of Jackson delegates for pro- Mondale Black officials such as Andrew Young and Coretta Scott King warned Black Democratic officials that Jackson was more popular with the majority of Black Americans. ..…
Attended by over 8,000 people, the convention marked the first large-scale gathering of the various currents Black politics radical nationalists, cultural nationalists, socialists, Maoists and Black Democratic elected officials, including the host, Mayor Richard Hatcher.. ..…
Attended by over 8,000 people, the convention marked the first large-scale gathering of the various currents Black politics radical nationalists, cultural nationalists, socialists, Maoists and Black Democratic elected officials. ... To middle-class Black Democratic..…
although she would be the first black female and the first black Democrat.. ..…
They saw Hayes as talent, fresh face and groundbreaker as the first black Democrat nominated for Congress Connecticut.. ..…
This longtime black Democrat crossed the line when she announced on social media her hope that President Donald J. ..…
While 68% of white Americans have favorable view of the police, only 40% of African Americans and 59% of Hispanics have favorable view.1 Attitudes have changed little since the 1970s when 67% of whites and 43% of blacks reported favorable views of the 2 Racial minorities do not have monolithic attitudes..…
At the center of this populist immigration-cutting effort was civil rights heroine, and black Democrat Congresswoman, Barbara Jordan. ..…
The mayor is a black Democrat, and there hasn’t been a Republican mayor since 1967. ..…
The lie about death panels is Total Lunacy and the lie about Obama's citizenship is a fabrication by people that can't stand to have a black Democratic president. ..…
Antipathy toward Obama as a black Democratic president goes some way in explaining why, if the Tea Partiers are really motivated by opposition to government spending, the movement didn’t launch years earlier in response to George W. ..…
Stewart faces a young, black Democratic challenger in 28-year-old political newcomer Christopher Porcher, but she is expected to be re-elected. . ..…