A high-ranking Oakland city official has been fired after a note she wrote last year that appeared to refer to black people ...

Jones lost her reelection bid to Alderwoman Cara Spencer, with Spencer capturing 64% of the vote to Jones' 36 percent, and ...

The sweep at the mayor’s office appeared to follow public backlash toward Leigh Hanson, the former top Thao aide who was ...

Ed Gainey swept into office vowing to improve life for Black Pittsburghers. The new mayor of Pennsylvania’s second-largest ...

Barnett is in the middle of her second term on the school board. She became the board’s president three years after starting ...

Voters in La Crosse, Wisconsin, made history on election night Tuesday when they elected its first Black and openly gay mayor ...

Lee tells theGrio she is concerned about Black and brown communities being used as "pawns in the Trump administration's ...

In a historic win, Shaundel Washington-Spivey defeated City Council President Chris Kahlow in La Crosse's mayoral race this week, becoming the first Black mayor and first openly LGBTQ+ mayor in the ...

On New Year’s Day, Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed 2025 by reminding Chicago leaders of the headwinds Black politicians like him face. The mayor sent a Crusader piece from last October titled ...