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Alsobrooks addresses Democrats in Chicago as she seeks to become Maryland’s first Black senator
4 months ago

Alsobrooks addresses Democrats in Chicago as she seeks to become Maryland’s first Black senator

CNN  

Chicago CNN — Kamala Harris isn’t the only Black woman trying to make history this year. “And now it’s time for us to elect them.” Alsobrooks, the Prince George’s County executive, is vying to become only the third Black woman elected to the Senate, along with Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester. “It’s not lost on Marylanders that we have a moment, …

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Column: Tim Scott, the only Black GOP senator, now loves Trump. It's not a good look
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Column: Tim Scott, the only Black GOP senator, now loves Trump. It's not a good look

LA Times  

Sen. Tim Scott, right, was supposed to give voters an alternative to Donald Trump. Today, there’s also one Black Republican in the U.S. Senate, and this week he said he loves Donald Trump — a man who became the face of the birther movement that shadowed the nation’s first Black president. At the same time Trump is referring to Nikki …

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DeSantis Faces Backlash from Republican Senator Scott over Black American History Curriculum
1 year, 4 months ago

DeSantis Faces Backlash from Republican Senator Scott over Black American History Curriculum

News 18  

Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s woes following his state’s adoption of new standards on the teaching of Black American history continues to pile up and possibly impacting his campaign. The recent criticism of the new education policy came from fellow presidential candidate and member of the Republican party, South Carolina senator Tim Scott. Florida’s teachers have been instructed to teach middle-school …

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Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history as first Black woman Supreme Court Justice
2 years, 8 months ago

Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history as first Black woman Supreme Court Justice

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ketanji Brown Jackson made history on Thursday when the Senate …

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Column: Yes, Feinstein is the oldest U.S. senator. But she should be able to retire on her own terms
4 years ago

Column: Yes, Feinstein is the oldest U.S. senator. But she should be able to retire on her own terms

LA Times  

Sen. Dianne Feinstein speaks to the environmental caucus at the 2018 California Democratic Party Convention at the San Diego Convention Center. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she hasn’t thought about retiring soon despite some assertions that the 87-year-old lawmaker should step aside because her cognitive abilities have allegedly declined. Mayer commended Feinstein for “taking on a range of powerful interests, …

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Who will be Kamala Harris' successor as California senator?
4 years, 1 month ago

Who will be Kamala Harris' successor as California senator?

LA Times  

With the presidential race called for Democrat Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, on Saturday, California Gov. He might select a Black woman to replace Harris, who was only the second Black woman in the nation’s history to serve in the U.S. Senate. In congratulating Biden and Harris, Newsom said he is confident that they “can turn …

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Trail-blazing women look ahead 100 years (opinion)
4 years, 3 months ago

Trail-blazing women look ahead 100 years (opinion)

CNN  

We live in interesting and challenging times. The first black woman to run for and get elected to a state legislature was Crystal Bird Fauset, in 1938, who served for two years in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Running in Illinois, I won election to the United States Senate in 1992, the first Black woman in the history of this …

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