In a sign of respect to Alaska's native population, then-President Barack Obama announced in 2015 that he was officially renaming the country's tallest mountain from Mt. McKinley to Denali, its name in the indigenous Athabascan language. Trump asked about reversing that decision.
Read MoreOn Monday, Congressman Al Green (D-TX) questioned HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson at a congressional hearing on proposed agency budget cuts of $6 billion.
Read MoreMany people have accused former WH advisor Sebastian Gorka of being a white supremacist. Well, his recent comments about ciolence in Chicago certainly don’t do much to dispute that accusation.
Read MoreA week after activist and Women’s March co-founder Tamika Mallory was removed from an American Airlines flight from Miami to New York, the NAACP issued a travel advisory warning passengers about their “safety and well-being” when flying with the carrier. The NAACP cited at least four recent incidents that involved alleged discrimination.
Read MoreIn an email to supporters yesterday, the Voto Latino Action Network kicked off its efforts to draft Congressman Rubén Gallego to run for Senate in Arizona, now that Senator Jeff Flake (R) has announced he will not seek re-election.
Read MoreDozens of Black executives sought advice over a summer dinner in Bridgehampton, NY about their fundraising efforts to address political and social issues, and for the candidates who support those causes. They're getting ready to launch a PAC.
Read MoreYesterday, leading progressive voices in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, including former commissioners of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, launched AAPI Progressive Action.
Read MoreOn Monday, the progressive group born out of Barack Obama’s old campaign apparatus -- Organizing for Action -- officially launched a partnership with the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NRDC), Eric Holder’s campaign organizing group.
Read MoreOn Sunday, the women of the CBC demanded that WH CoS John Kelly apologize to Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-FL) for lying about the Congresswoman's speech at the dedication of the new FBI building mentioned above.
Read MoreNBC’s Meet the Press asked every female Senator for personal stories of harassment they were comfortable sharing. At least four responded and spoke with MTP: Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
Read MoreIn an interview with TMZ while walking through LAX on Saturday, ESPN’s Jemele Hill spoke candidly about the suspension over her Jerry Jones tweets.
Read MoreWhat happened with the ‘Colored Girls’ drama and DNC Chair Tom Pérez? We’ve got your recap.
Read MoreOn Thursday night, former HUD Secretary under President Barack Obama, Julián Castro, posted a photo on Facebook that is renewing speculation that he will run for the presidency in 2020.
Read MoreSenators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) joined forces and introduced the Code Like a Girl Act, legislation that will create two National Science Foundation grant programs to encourage young girls to pursue STEM studies
Read MoreDNC Members are in Las Vegas for their fall meeting and Buzzfeed’s Darren Sands and Ruby Cramer report that by Thursday afternoon, a rumor circulated that Zogby and other pro-Sanders Dems wanted to flout Pérez’s picks for at-large DNC members by proposing an alternate slate that involved "the Colored Girls."
Read MoreDuring his first campaign appearances since leaving the White House, former President Barack Obama urged voters to remember that every election -- from local to national -- is important. "What matters is what's happening in communities. ... You cannot complain if you didn't vote."
Read MoreAn elementary school in Mississippi has announced that it will change its name from Jefferson Davis IB Elementary School to Barack Obama Magnet IB Elementary School.
Read MoreA 29-year-old son of Ugandan immigrants is challenging Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY). Adem Bunkeddeko announced his bid, with a focus on the housing crisis facing the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights.
Read MoreA series of nine handwritten letters by former President Barack Obama to Alexandra McNear -- his college girlfriend who was at Occidental College in Los Angeles, where the president transferred from -- have been made public for the first time.
Read MoreA list obtained by The Hill shows that DNC Chair Tom Pérez’s 75 nominees to serve as at-large members would help to greatly diversify the party’s representative membership.
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