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Black Democrats are vowing to continue pushing landmark voting rights protections, despite major voting rights legislation headed for a near-certain defeat in the US Senate on Wednesday night.
Greater Columbus residents gathered at the Ohio History Connection Monday to explore and celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Ohio's state Supreme Court has struck down the state's new congressional map as a Republican gerrymander that violates the state constitution.
The ruling is a boon to Democrats, who could've held as few as two of the state's 15 House seats after the next election.
Republican Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell lashed out at president Joe Biden on Wednesday, accusing him of widening the US political divide with his push for voting rights reform and call to change the senate rules.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to meet with Senate Democrats on Thursday to push for the swift passage of two voting rights bills, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus are applying pressure for action as well.
Black House Democrats on Wednesday teed off on Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) for his refusal to back a change in Senate rules for the sake of strengthening federal voting protections.
Ohio's Democratic congressional delegation is excited to watch billions of dollars in infrastructure funding come to the state, but where that funding goes now depends on local efforts.
It seems the Congressional Black Caucus Members that communicated candidly with theGrio understand the high stakes and far reaching consequences for all Americans, but particularly Black people at home and abroad if the United States Congress doesn't deliver justice and enact swift reforms to secure our democracy.
House Democrats are bracing for a turnover in leadership next year that would amount to a seismic event for the party — one that could empower a new, diverse generation of members while also exacerbating tensions over the direction of the caucus and the policies it should pursue.