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Former education secretary calls for school boycott amid Nashville shooting
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Blood doesn’t know a political party,” former Obama administration education secretary Arne Duncan...
The Hunt Institute Names Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan as Board Chair
The 74 via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Hunt Institute announced former United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as its new...
'The city needs all of you.' What a former Obama cabinet member said about gun violence in Memphis
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFormer U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan co-founded the gun violence intervention nonprofit...
Maryland Senate contest becomes a two-person race
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWill Jawando, who five months ago surprised many by being the first to jump into the contest to replace Maryland’s retiring Sen. Ben Cardin, now becomes...
Voters go to the polls in Chicago mayor's race that highlights Democrats' divide
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo candidates representing opposite ends of the Democratic party are on the ballot in the...
Top Maryland county leader Alsobrooks running for US Senate
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoAngela Alsobrooks, the chief executive of Maryland's Prince George's County, announced Tuesday she...
Maryland Rep. David Trone announces US Senate run
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMaryland Rep. David Trone announced Thursday he will run for the U.S. Senate seat that will be opening with the retirement of Sen. Ben Cardin. Trone, a...
Lawmakers propose raising teachers' minimum salaries to $60K to stem 'mass exodus'
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRep. Frederica Wilson on Wednesday introduced legislation to raise the national minimum salary for...
He’s Deeply Religious and a Democrat. He Might Be the Next Big Thing in Texas Politics.
Politico via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAUSTIN, Texas —The representative and aspiring preacher hadn’t planned to deliver a sermon when he went to work at the state capitol that morning. Sitting in a drab committee room last month ...
Black candidates look to make history, and make political returns, in Maryland primary elections
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere are a number of important primary contests this upcoming election Tuesday. Two races theGrio...