There's a new effort to award the Congressional Gold Medal to 200,000 African Americans who served in the Union Army during ...

Some white South Africans have showed support for President Donald Trump and gathered at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria to ...

Democratic donors and Jewish leaders are so unhappy with Jon Ossoff over his position on Israel that some have quietly urged ...

For the first time in the state’s 205 years, two Black Alabamians are serving in the House of Representatives.

Bob Boyer, 85, claims to be retired but few believe him. The prominent Portland labor activist who worked on docks and in rail yards, repaired cars and fixed up homes to rent, can’t quit volunteering ...

Thurgood Marshall was born in 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, during a period when racial segregation and discrimination were deeply entrenched in American society. Marshall’s early exposure to the ...

Florida state Sen. Geraldine Thompson has died at age 76, her family announced in a statement. Her family said she died ...

The longtime lawmaker was remembered as a passionate education advocate and a civil rights icon who pushed for African ...

Thompson, a Democrat representing western Orange County, was first elected to the Florida House in 2006 and served multiple ...

The Orlando Democrat was first elected to the Florida House in 2006 and served multiple terms in both House and Senate.

Lead Democrat on the Senate Appropriations subcommittee overseeing foreign aid explains Trump's attacks on USAID.