These four Black men are the only Black people elected to serve in Congress from Louisiana since the 1870s.
Louisiana has elected more than 170 white men to Congress during that same period. Yet today, a corrupt Supreme Court, a puppet governor, and a weak-backed legislature have decided to strip elected power from Black people.
That means other people decide how our tax dollars are invested in our communities.
I spoke with @repcleofields_, @reptroycarter, former Rep. @cedric_richmond, and former Rep. William Jefferson about why they went to the Louisiana State Capitol to testify against the congressional maps being pushed through.
For years, I’ve been saying what happens in Louisiana will impact America. Here we are.
This week, the Louisiana House of Representatives plans to pass maps that dilute Black voting power.
Our response cannot be silence. Our response has to be showing up in numbers this November and beginning the work of taking power back.
At 21, Isabella Strahan, Michael Strahan’s daughter is nearly two years cancer-free after battling brain cancer and is back thriving at USC.
This is a powerful comeback story of strength and resilience. 👏🏾❤️
Kentucky mother hides a camera in her nonverbal autistic son's hair after suspecting he was being abused at elementary school.
Tiphanee Lee says she suspected something was off when she received complaints about her son's behavior at school.
Lee decided to take matters into her own hands and put a small camera in her son's dreads.
When Lee reviewed the footage, she heard noises while her son's head moved around as a staff member accosted him.
"While this was happening there was adults in the room who did nothing to stop it. This is unacceptable," Tiphanee said.
The incident is reportedly under investigation.
DISGRACEFUL: ICE agents tear-gassed U.S. Senator Andy Kim at Delaney Hall detention facility in NJ today!
Kim was supporting hunger-striking detainees protesting spoiled food, no medical care & extreme heat when federal agents unleashed tear gas & pepper spray. Kim struggled to breathe & injured his hand in the chaos.
I hope this crooked, grifting SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas, is charged with felony tax fraud charges. For years Thomas has accepted a plethora of luxury gifts including private jet flights, lavish vacations, yacht trips, elite resort stays, tuition reimbursement and a $267k RV.
Stephen Colbert was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for his advocacy for free speech and speaking truth to power. A fitting honor for a champion of our democracy.
RETWEET to congratulate Colbert on this honor!
Myrlie Louise Evers kisses the forehead of her husband, civil rights activist Medgar Evers, after his assassination. His white supremacist killer would evade conviction for 31 years.
Salute to this young King Jermaine Walls for making history as the first Black male class president in Marquette University’s 130-year dental school history. His journey is a reminder to young people everywhere that excellence, leadership, and service belong to us too. 🙌🏿
Holy sh*t. Thomas Massie says he’s going to start publicly naming billionaires implicated in the Epstein files because Trump’s DOJ refuses to convict.
More courage than the rest of the GOP has combined.