“Frankly, the guy — I don’t want to say bad stuff — is clueless on the Middle East,” one source told NOTUS.

A Friday night meeting between Arab American leaders and Secretary of State Antony Blinken left leaders more than unsatisfied.

Class of 2023-2025 Tinashe Chingarande Tinashe hails from Harare, Zimbabwe. She grew up in Botswana, Zimbabwe and the United States, and now lives in Maryland. She has written for the Washington...

Operatives in South Carolina poured their money and focus into a targeted “voter education” campaign across the state. They say it paid off.

The spirit of Beyoncé's late uncle and generations of Black queer music permeate the singer's seventh studio album, which celebrates sexuality and spirituality on the dancefloor.

Leaders of the “uncommitted” movement in Michigan won two delegates last week.

D.C.’s new sweeping bill cracking down on crime goes into effect this week. So why does the House GOP feel the need to step in and crack down on crime itself?

FreeState Justice said measure ‘specifically’ targeted trans girls.

Participants wore Pride flags, waved ‘say gay’ placards.

Shri Thanedar is the first Indian American elected to Congress from Michigan, but some prominent Democrats are supporting his challenger.

Not wanting to draw criticisms that they were being overly political, Democrats tried to take a more somber tone with Trump’s guilty verdict.

Angry with Biden’s arms hold, Republicans call civilian casualties “just part of war.”

Trans Health Equity Act of 2022 passed by 14-8 vote margin.

GOP politicians hundreds of miles from the southern border in Michigan and Wisconsin are hyperfocused on immigration and border security as they campaign.

As the election becomes a true competition between Biden and Trump, the “uncommitted” movement is showing real signs that voters may never come back to Biden — and could even choose Trump.

Despite their criticism of Israel, most members of the “squad” are heading into their primaries well-funded. Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush have more difficult challenges ahead.

“There’s just a realistic acknowledgment that [Medicare for All] is not going to happen next year or the year after,” said one progressive organizer.

“Where’s the presumption of innocence?” Rep. Jim Clyburn told NOTUS of the indicted Texas Democrat.

GOP strategists see Trump’s conviction as boosting his case, but that may just stop with his own voters.

James, one of the most vulnerable GOP House members, now says that abortion is a settled issue in Michigan after running on an anti-abortion stance in previous races.

As concertgoers prepare for the superstar’s August 5 show, fashion is of the highest priorities.

The Politico founder tries again with NOTUS, a nonprofit news site aimed at training a new generation of journalists.

As Phillips hopes to win over Democratic voters in New Hampshire’s primary next week, he’s struggling to find allies in the House.

A new complaint could torpedo Adam Hollier’s bid to replace Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar. But his prominent endorsers are not yet abandoning him.

The Supreme Court case about a wedding website and same sex couples would give petitioner Lorie Smith the right to discriminate at some point in the future.

Democrats put in more effort, covered more miles and invested in more organizing to prove that it was the right decision to move the South Carolina primary from fourth in the calendar to first this...

By Grace Kpetemey and Tinashe Chingarande, Special to the AFRO The first day of the historic AFRAM festival in Baltimore concluded on Saturday with a performance from Grammy award-winning singer […]

By Tinashe Chingarande and Grace Kpetemey, Special to the AFRO The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) overturned its almost 50 year-old landmark verdict on Roe v. Wade in […]

Clyburn told the president to be direct with Black voters. Will it work in South Carolina?

The reports of violence by police at protests were met with mostly silence from Democrats on Capitol Hill.

It’s a rare instance of members trying to kick out an incumbent from their own party.

Some progressives were ready to let the speaker lose his gavel. But most Democrats were eager to deny Marjorie Taylor Greene a win.

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has 30 days to sign HB 850.

The vice president highlighted the role of Black women in the Biden-Harris administration and the coverage surrounding White House wins, among other topics. By Tinashe Chingarande, Special to the...

Biden’s allies know the president’s fitness for office will be under a magnifying glass during the State of the Union address.

“‘Conditioning aid’ is a beginning, but let’s see if it really makes a difference,” said Warren David, president of the Arab America Foundation.

“There’s just a realistic acknowledgment that [Medicare for All] is not going to happen next year or the year after,” said one progressive organizer.

‘Politicizing and censoring our nation's history’

“It’s kind of every candidate for themselves at this point.”

“If you don’t introduce legislation, then nothing happens,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

They say Tom Suozzi’s win shouldn’t redefine the playbook for Democrats.

Shri Thanedar is the first Indian American elected to Congress from Michigan, but some prominent Democrats are supporting his challenger.

Harris speaks, Symone struts as celebrations return

As an attorney, Derrick Bell worked on many civil-rights cases, but his doubts about their impact launched a groundbreaking school of thought.

Black Leaves Project to premiere piece that navigates paths to freedom

New York jurors found the former president guilty on 34 counts.

No one wants to brag too much publicly, but Democrats say Republican dysfunction has given them leverage and the ability to stay united.

Some rank-and-file Republicans left the speech early, while others heckled Biden across the House chamber.

By Tinashe Chingarande, Special to the AFRO In a televised debate on June 6, eight of 10 democratic candidates for Maryland’s gubernatorial race met to debate ahead of the primary […]