A co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, he represented St. Louis in the House as an uncompromising liberal Democrat ...

In this video, I discuss the forgotten legacy of John Willis Menard, the first Black man elected to U.S. Congress who was ...

The University of Houston hosted a hearing of the Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting on Saturday.

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For the third session in a row, State Rep. Shelia Stubbs (D-Madison) is calling on Wisconsin lawmakers to create a task force ...

The Amistad Research Center, one of largest repositories of Black history, cut half its staff after the Trump administration ...

A New Generation Of Progressives Is Rising. One Who's Leading the Way is Robert Peters, currently occupying the Illinois state Senate seat Barack Obama once occupied, now running for IL-02. Endorsed ...

President Donald Trump wants Texas to squeeze out five more Republican seats in the U.S. House to shore up the GOP majority ...

The congressional robots have become “woke.” We are not sure about the true faith or fate of the GOP members of Congress.

When the U.S. Constitution was ratified, Congress was granted power to establish post offices and mail routes — many along ...

The U.S. Congress is preparing to subpoena testimony from Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. Maxwell's crimes have resurfaced amid pressure on President ...

A protest demanding answers in the death of Jabari Peoples unfolded on Lakeshore Drive in Homewood, leading to the arrest of ...