Minnesota made history by electing Black women to the state Senate for the first time in its 164 year statehood history.
The Senate unanimously passed a resolution establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a U.S. holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
US Senator, Cory Booker, has introduced a new bill to legalize marijuana on the federal level and encourage states to legalize it locally.
It's official! Cory Booker announced this morning his candidacy for United States Senate.
Democrat Terri Sewell, a lawyer from Birmingham, has become the first black woman to be elected to the U.S. House from Alabama.
Despite record election achievements by African-Americans in the House, the United States Senate will not have an African-American in its ranks.
