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These Progressive Will Guide Us Through the Darkness
Strangio is the first openly transgender lawyer to have argued before the Supreme Court, and he “brings to the lectern not ...
Women’s 2024 In Politics, Business And Sports: Progress And Setbacks
While there were some achievements in sports and a few incremental gains in political representation, the overall trend ...
Augusta Free Press4d
U.S. Senate, for the first time, will have two Black women among its members
Election Day 2024 was historical for the fact that a woman of minority race ran for president, but history was also made in ...
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The 2024 Election by the Numbers
More than 155 million Americans voted in 2024: 156,302,318 to be exact. That’s the second largest total voter turnout in U.S.
The Hill’s Changemakers: Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester, senators-elect
Democratic Sens.-elect Angela Alsobrooks (Md.) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.) are set to make history come January as the ...
Rutgers University11d
Rutgers Professor Played Key Role in Sister’s Historic U.S. Senate Victory
Though too long in coming, having two Black women serve the Senate at the same time is significant, said Debbie Walsh, ...
187 shades of Gray: California Democrat’s win over freshman Republican Rep. Duarte part of major House turnover
Rep.-elect Adam Gray's win over freshman Rep. John Duarte is part of some major turnover in the House of Representatives.
Omaha.com12d
Historic election wins: 2 Black women in Senate at same time, House to get first trans member
*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. Democratic Maryland Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks cheers Tuesday during an election night watch party in College Park, Md.
Afro13d
Lawmakers prepare to challenge policies of incoming president
Historic 62 members in Congressional Black Caucus as they gear up to fight injustice and racist initiatives like Project 2025.
As California’s Adam Schiff sworn in on US Senate floor, Laphonza Butler makes quiet exit
Butler, D-Calif., was active in causes largely associated with Democrats long before reaching the Senate. She was a labor ...
Has the number of women in Congress hit a ceiling?
Overall, 150 women are set to serve in the 119th Congress starting next year, down just slightly from the current record of 152 (which represents 28 percent of all members). As has long been the case ...