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The people of Earle, Arkansas, have elected the youngest black mayor in America. The 18-year-old Jaylen Smith beat Nemi Matthews in a runoff election on December 6th when people visited …

Deqa Dhalac is the new mayor of South Portland, Maine. She’s making history as the city’s first Black mayor, and she’s the first Somali American mayor in the United States, …

Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman, Jerry Nadler and Nydia Velȧzquez sent a letter to Governor Hochul and Mayor de Blasio expressing their belief that Rikers Island jail complex should be …

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released a statement calling on the Senate to reject Rahm Emanuel’s nomination to the ambassadorship of Japan. The full statement follows. “This nomination is deeply shameful. As …

Photo Courtesy of ASHLEE REZIN GARCIA/SUN-TIMES, AP Hours before the release of the police shooting death of 13-year-old video Adam Toledo in March, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot told reporters that …