After New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker announced recently that he is not being vetted “as a potential vice presidential running mate for Hillary Clinton,” political analysts are wondering aloud just whom she will pick in her historic bid to become U.S. president. Given her constant outreach to communities of color during the ongoing and hard-fought primaries, she […]
While extending condolences to the family of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died of natural causes over the weekend, NewsOne’s legal expert Damario Solomon Simmons says that the vacancy gives President Barack Obama a golden opportunity to right the court on issues of civil rights.
President Obama (pictured right) is receiving some flack for referring to California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ (pictured left) looks, with some calling his words sexist and…
Kamala Harris, the first African American to be elected Attorney General in the state of California joined Roland Martin on Washington Watch to discuss the…
Elected in January, California’s first female and minority attorney general, Kamala Harris, has become a rising star of the Democratic Party. The daughter of an Indian mother and a Jamaican father, Harris has made quite a name for herself in politics, and comparisons are being made between her and President Obama. READ MORE AND WATCH […]
Color Lines is reporting on a new law that would allow the state to prosecute parents who’s children skip school in California. Last Thursday California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB 1317, a new statewide anti-truancy bill that officials hope will curb chronic absenteeism in elementary and middle school students. The new law will go into […]
