Gaetz would lead the Department of Justice, which last year declined to bring charges against him in a sex trafficking investigation.
Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware will join the small but growing sisterhood of Black women who have served in the upper chamber of Congress.
Angela Pluta felt like a 'different person' after voting early on October 25. Nine days prior, the Nebraska Supreme Court restored voting rights to thousands of people with felony convictions who have served their time.
The Delaware congresswoman is poised to join a small but growing sisterhood of Black women senators, but she’s focused on the country’s unfinished work and diverse representation in government.
The vice president drew attention to concerns from Trump’s longest-serving White House chief of staff about what another Trump term would mean for the country.
Harris and former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney spoke in three swing states in a bipartisan show of unity as Trump demonizes his opponents in increasingly stark terms.
Lawmakers are calling attention to a new federal report’s gaps in data needed to understand and confront the maternal health crisis for incarcerated people.
At a crime survivors march in Washington, D.C., attendees expressed complicated feelings over how to balance seeking justice for crime victims with prevention efforts — much like Harris.
The crime bill brought about historic change with the Violence Against Women Act. But experts also told The 19th that it had seismic impacts on incarceration, policing and juvenile justice.
Beyoncé made a country album to showcase the unrecognized legacy of Black country. It did not receive a single CMA nomination.