Archive for November 2018
Abrams plans to run again
Democrat Stacey Abrams says she plans to run for elected office again, after conceding Friday in the Georgia gubernatorial race. In an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Abrams was asked whether she would run for Senate in 2020, after electrifying Democrats who hoped she would be elected as the nation’s first black…
Read MoreThe Crucial Significance of Lucy McBath’s Win in Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District
Three years ago, HBO aired a documentary called “3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets,” which examined the tortured aftermath of the death of Jordan Davis, a seventeen-year-old boy who was shot as he sat in an S.U.V. parked at a Florida gas station. At the start of the film, you see Lucy McBath, Davis’s mother, sitting…
Read More‘We’re a better representation’ of the country: 5 newly elected Democratic women on their agendas, diversity and Nancy Pelosi
On the heels of an election in which a record number of women were elected to the House of Representatives, “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz sat down with five representatives-elect who were part of the blue wave. Read more at ABCNews.com
Read MoreLauren Underwood makes history as youngest Black woman elected to Congress
Lauren Underwood, 32, is taking her #BlackGirlMagic to Congress after her history-making victory over her four-term GOP opponent, Rep. Randy Hultgren, in last week’s midterm elections. Read more at TheGrio.com
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