Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester and Maryland’s Angela Alsobrooks prevailed in their races, doubling the number of Black women ...

History was made up and down the ballot in the 2024 election, bringing firsts to the White House, House of Representatives ...

In the Jim Crow South, activists became martyrs at the hands of white racists, all for the just cause of using the vote to ...

Hidden histories come to life in this sprawling show, which includes photos, films and interactive touch-screen oral ...

Men still outnumber female members ... Congress. She has served in office for over 37 years and has been the Speaker of the House twice in the last two decades. Her accomplishments include the ...

She became the first openly transgender person to serve as a state senator when she was elected in 2020, first to speak at a U.S. national ... being the best member of Congress that I can be ...

Democrat Sarah McBride Becomes First Openly Transgender Member of US Congress ... as the previous year. In Congress, Republicans have pushed anti-trans bills at the national level for years.

The Ohio Civil Rights Commission honored 12 exceptional individuals at its 15th Civil Rights Hall of Fame ceremony on ...

Sarah McBride (D-Wilmington) has made history by becoming the first out transgender person elected to Congress ... of the Center of American Progress, and board member of Equality Delaware ...