Political experts say in recent years more candidates of color are running in predominantly white districts and winning. Experts point to 2018 as a breakthrough year for Democrats and for Black ...

Women of color running for Congress in 2024 have faced a disproportionate number of attacks on X compared with other candidates, according to a new report from the nonprofit Center for Democracy and ...

Former President Donald Trump is no longer the only candidate in the 2024 Republican primary. On Tuesday Nikki Haley announced that she’s running for president too. Haley was the United Nations ...

Cori Bush, a St. Louis, Missouri, native, did not grow up thinking she would become a member of Congress. She is a formerly homeless Black woman who faced domestic violence and became a single mom ...

In 2014, Rebecca M. Thompson decided it was time to take the next logical step in her career in activism and her commitment to social progress. She campaigned in her hometown of Detroit for the ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez high fives Nydia Velazquez as Democratic members celebrate in the House Chamber as President Donald Trump recognized their achievement of electing a record number of women to ...

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White men are no longer the majority of Democratic candidates for Congress — not in the House nor in the Senate. While many have spoken of the wave of women who will be elected in the 2018 midterms — ...

Joe Biden would do well to pick a woman of color as his running mate if he becomes the Democratic Party nominee, strategists said. The former vice president must avoid picking another white male, or a ...

On both sides of the political aisle, running as a woman of color means fighting stereotypes and discrimination, according to Brown James. On Election Day 2020, 115 women of color will be on the ...

Cori Bush, a St. Louis, Missouri, native, did not grow up thinking she would become a member of Congress. She is a formerly homeless Black woman who faced domestic violence and became a single mom ...