The 110th NAACP convention is taking place this week in Detroit and today is the 2020 presidential candidate forum. Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Beto O’Rourke, Julian Castro, Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren, who Roland Martin says has been, “picking up real traction among Black women,” will all be sitting […]
This week the 110th NAACP Convention is in Detroit and I have to tell you – our historic organizations and institutions are more important than ever. I think just 10 years ago some people were wondering if we’d still need an organization like the NAACP, if we’d still need HBCUs, but nobody is saying that […]
Pete Buttigieg has a message for white liberals who decry racism: “Good intentions are not going to be enough.” The Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana, mayor is combating perceptions that he’s out of touch with black people and will struggle to win their votes. On Thursday, he unveiled his most detailed proposals yet, […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is proposing $100 billion in federal grants to pay for down payment and closing costs to help close what she says is a racial wealth gap and address historical discrimination in homeownership against black families. Harris announced her plan Saturday at the Essence Festival in New […]
Democratic 2020 hopeful Elizabeth Warren says that if elected president she would sign executive orders aimed at addressing the wage and employment leadership gap for women of color, punishing companies and contractors with historically poor records on diversity and equality by denying them contracts with the federal government. The Massachusetts senator detailed her latest plan in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden says it would be “great” to have a female vice president, but he won’t say whether he’d pick Sen. Kamala Harris for the No. 2 spot if he receives his party’s nomination. In an interview aired Friday on CNN, Biden said, “I think it helps having a […]
I need us to have a heart to heart for a few minutes. And not just about the presidential election – what I need us to understand is our political power. We choose the presidential candidate. Lots of people vote, but when it comes down to the Democratic primary, who we choose is going to […]
There are over 20 Democrats running to be the next President of the United States, so it’s important that candidates stand out from the crowd. Senator Cory Booker definitely caught folks attention during the first Democratic Debate when he answered a question in Spanish. He admits that he’s “still learning,” but feels “it’s so important […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty seconds for answers, a television audience of millions and, for some candidates, a first chance to introduce themselves to voters. The back-to-back Democratic presidential debates beginning Wednesday are exercises in competitive sound bites featuring 20 candidates hoping to oust President Donald Trump in 2020. The hopefuls range widely in age, sex and backgrounds and include […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris nodded knowingly when a black woman at a weekend candidate forum recounted watching her mother face racial discrimination during her childhood. “You and I have a similar experience growing up,” said Harris, the California senator and former prosecutor who would be the first black woman elected president. “I don’t talk about it […]
The 2020 Presidential election is coming up sooner than we think. As we approach the primary’s we need to begin seriously looking at and getting to know the candidates. Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina gave us a chance to do just that on Friday with his fish fry. 21 Democratic candidates were in attendance […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A lawyer for the family of a black man fatally shot by a white police officer says Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s (BOO’-tuh-juhj) mayoral administration hasn’t been aggressive enough in overseeing the South Bend, Indiana, police department. Attorney Brian Coffman says the city’s had an “acceptance” of misconduct by police officers long […]
