Record numbers of Black, Hispanic, Asian, and Native women are serving in state legislatures this year, but remain ...

If Juliana Stratton is elected, three Black women could serve concurrently in the U.S. Senate for the first time.

Discover 21 influential Black leaders who changed history through activism, politics, education, science and justice.

Though their accolades are certainly still due, Black women have long played a vital role in shaping the political landscape ...

If the Maryland legislature hadn’t “turned a blind eye” to police reform in 2014 and 2015, Freddie Gray might still be alive, ...

Nebraska senators advanced a bill to limit sports participation, along with bathrooms and locker rooms in government spaces, ...

Sen. Dan Blue is now the swing voter in the Senate to watch.

U.S. Rep. Andy Barr's Senate campaign announcement ends months of speculation about whether he would jump into the race.

The guardrails are being removed. The Black Ohio University alumni who reunited in Athens showed how to go off track.

The racial makeup of the state’s Board of Pardons and Parole was debated Friday in the Judiciary Committee as two Republican lawmakers argued that they couldn’t vote to approve two white nominees – no ...

Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) recently introduced the National Nursing Workforce ...