“My mom ran for City Council [in Philadelphia] when I was in high school, and I was fascinated by the political process,” Kristen Welker tells ESSENCE. It was a “very contentious” race, and Welker recalls reporters who covered the election focusing on the fact that her mother, a Black woman, was ma
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Find ResourcesOn the afternoon of October 27, Southern University’s famed Human Jukebox marching band traveled through downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, accompanying more than 100 students and community members on a
MAGA Republicans are back in the White House, and Project 2025 is their guide: the right-wing plan to turn back the clock on women’s rights, remove abortion access, and force women into roles as wives
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Consumers who buy Affordable Care Act health insurance are going to see changes both big and small, as open enrollment for 2027 coverage kicks off. These include premium increases, possible additional
Four years ago, Karen Bass became the first woman elected mayor of Los Angeles. Born and raised on the West Side of the city, Bass first gave back to her community as a physician assistant before foun
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While all eyes are on what seem like inevitable Supreme Court election law “emergency” petitions, it may be comforting to realize that the regular business of the Supreme Court still goes on. Argument
[Newsletter ad — view on SCOTUSblog] It was a relatively quiet week at the court, as the justices – and the SCOTUSblog team – prepared for the November argument session to begin next week. On the inte
TV spots from Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio and Steve Hilton in California show a deep disdain for women. It’s midterm election season, and we’re being bombarded with incessant political advertising as usua
Munira Abdullahi was having a particularly terrible week. It was one week before the midterm elections, and her phone kept pinging: another Islamophobic post falsely claiming she was a terrorist, an e
CINCINNATI — When Cindy Cromwell saw the TV ad that Republican Vivek Ramaswamy created with Democrat Dr. Amy Acton’s estranged mother saying she lied about documented childhood abuse , Cromwell’s imme
I teach at a major research university in Texas, where higher education has become a testing ground for state censorship. Our censorship regime is led by Brandon Creighton, a former Texas state senato
