Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has endorsed former NAACP head Ben Jealous to be Maryland’s next governor. Booker and Jealous are slated to campaign together at an event on Thursday afternoon.
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The Smithsonian kicked off its 30-day Kickstarter campaign on Tuesday on behalf of the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap.
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Last month, WH Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro, one of the few Latinos serving in the Trump administration, circulated a two-page memo in which he alleges that a manufacturing decline leads to an increase in abortions, infertility, and spousal abuse.
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Barack Obama is scheduled to appear with Murphy at a rally in Newark, marking the former president’s first public event on the campaign trail in support of a Democratic candidate since leaving office.
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On Tuesday, Donald Trump spoke for about five minutes with Sgt. La David Johnson’s wife, Myeshia Johnson. According to Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-FL), the president told the distraught widow that Johnson "knew what he was signing up for ... but when it happens it hurts anyway."
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On Monday morning, CBC Chair Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA) sent the NFL a letter urging team owners to consider the stances of protesting Black players in terms of patriotism and combating police brutality.
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Over the summer, Wells Fargo welcomed Tiffany Tavarez as VP and Community Relations Senior Consultant
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A new study, Women in the Workplace 2017, highlights the lack of diversity in the corporate pipeline. The study finds that the gap stretches from entry-level to C-suite executive jobs. It’s more pronounced for women of color generally and is particularly acute for Black women.
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Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Congresswoman Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM) has named Natalie Armijo as her new Chief of Staff.
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Axios reports that Donald Trump is already eyeing the seat of Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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California state Senate leader Kevin de León made his challenge to Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) official with an announcement on Sunday. In his campaign launch video, 50-year-old de León talks about being the youngest child of a single immigrant mother who cleaned other people’s homes.
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Morehouse College board members have named the former dean of Georgetown University’s business school to lead the Atlanta-based HBCU. Late Sunday, the board named David A. Thomas the college’s 12th president.
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The Smithsonian revealed the two artists set to paint official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama. Kehinde Wiley, famous for portraits of young Black men that incorporate elements of Western art, will paint the former president. Baltimore artist Amy Sherald will paint the former First Lady. Both will be the first Black artists to create official presidential portraits for the Smithsonian.
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On Friday, CHC Chair Congresswoman Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM) andCongressman Joaquín Castro (D-TX) sent a letter to 32 top tech companies to ask for critical diversity metrics.
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Following The Beat DC’s reporting that the FBI had declared “Black Identity Extremists” as a major threat, CBC Chair Cedric Richmond (D-LA) and Ranking MembersJohn Conyers, Jr. (D-MI/Judiciary), Bennie Thompson (D-MS/Homeland Security), and Elijah Cummings (D-MD/Oversight) sent a letter to Director Christopher Wrayrequesting to meet about the origins of the assessment and how it will be used.
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As we previously reported, the Obama Foundation Summit will take place in Chicago on October 31st and November 1st. New details have been announced, including breakout session topics and featured speakers!
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CBC Chair Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA) sent a letter to Unilever CEO Paul Pulman urging him to prioritize African American inclusion across the company's subsidiaries, including Dove.
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Prosecutors rested their case yesterday against Senator Robert Menéndez (D-NJ) in his federal corruption trial.
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The Democratic Party is having some challenges. The Hill interviewed more than a dozen lawmakers, fundraisers, strategists and DNC members who say Chair Tom Pérez hasn’t done enough to improve fundraising or build enthusiasm for the party since taking the helm in February.
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Beth Lynk is moving into the role of Assistant Director of Federal Advocacy Communications for Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
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