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Curbing severe wildfire in Oregon depends on urgency, scale of controlled burns by state and feds
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoJesse Jackson stands proudly, flute in hand, on several hundred acres of forest near Roseburg that...
In the tight race for Georgia governor, Black men emerge as Stacey Abrams' key voters
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoATLANTA – Theron Jones is tired of Black men being left out of national and state conversations by...
Brandon Johnson elected mayor of Chicago in close victory for progressives
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO – Voters chose a progressive former teacher over a tough-on-crime former public schools...
36 years, 2 mayors, 1 lost mayoral bid: What's next for Marco Sommerville?
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn December 2021, Deputy Mayor Marco Sommerville called Kevin Dorsey, an Akron native who has made...
Race dominates final days of the mayoral election in deeply segregated Chicago
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO — They wore black T-shirts bearing his image, carried “Women for Brandon Johnson” signs and...
Brandon Johnson, Progressive Union Organizer, Elected Mayor Of Chicago
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBrandon Johnson, a progressive county commissioner and teachers union official, won Chicago's...
“A Different World”'s Darryl M. Bell Reveals What Made the Show Special as Fans Embrace Cast's HBCU...
People via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe actor and his costars from the beloved NBC sitcom are just getting started Bob Gersny/NBCU...
Police arrest more than two dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators on UT-Austin campus amid tense...
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoProtesters on Wednesday during a student demonstration in support of Palestinians at the University...
Daywatch: Smoke from Canadian wildfires to hit Chicago again
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoGood morning, Chicago. Hours before heavy rains swamped Chicago and Cook County suburbs on July 2,...
Three years after George Floyd’s death, reckoning with police violence remains in limbo
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoProponents of federal actions — such as banning chokeholds and changing the so-called qualified...