In 2012, I began my teaching career as a Black male educator at Greenwood High School through the Teach for America program. At the time, more than 6 percent of the country’s teachers were Black men. Today, that figure has fallen below 2 percent, underscoring a troubling decline in Black male representation in public education...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential hopeful, and former President Clinton are campaigning Thursday in North Carolina as early voting kicks off in the Tar Heel State. Clinton also joined the Harris campaign on the trail earlier this week, with a primary focus on rural voters in the southern parts of battleground states....
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported a group of Chinese migrants earlier this week on a charter flight to China, according to officials. Tuesday's flight marked the second removal of Chinese nationals from the U.S. this year. The first flight, the largest since 2018, occurred in June with the cooperation of China's National Immigration...
Vice President Harris on Thursday was joined by businessman Mark Cuban on the campaign trail in Wisconsin, getting a boost from a high-profile surrogate as she highlighted her economic agenda. Cuban and Harris greeted students at a business class at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the first of three planned stops for the vice president in...
Missouri, Kansas and Idaho have renewed their efforts to restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone, filing a joint amended lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The lawsuit was filed in a Texas federal court Friday, roughly four months after the Supreme Court decided against undoing changes to the FDA’s regulations on the abortion...
Vice President Harris will address an annual charity dinner in New York via a recorded video message, organizers said Thursday ahead of the event. Harris's campaign previously announced she would not attend the Al Smith dinner in New York City, which raises millions of dollars for Catholic charities. She instead will hold campaign events in...
Brian Williams is making a return to the news business. Amazon announced Thursday that former NBC News anchor and MSNBC host will preside over election night coverage it is planning on its streaming service Prime Video. Williams will "be joined live by guests including prominent contributors across news and traditional media, representing a range of...
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) is campaigning in Pittsburgh Thursday, as the campaign fights to break through the "blue wall" in Pennsylvania. Vance is expected to hit the Biden-Harris administration on inflation and rising costs — from gas to groceries — and government spending during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the campaign....
Former professional wrestler Dave Bautista roasted former President Trump's "tough guy" image during a bit on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and encouraged his fans to vote for Vice President Harris in the upcoming election.
U.S. Steel put itself up for sale last year not because it wanted to be owned by a Japanese company but because its management needed an infusion of capital and expertise to thrive in a difficult industry, and there weren’t other alternatives.
Doug Emhoff says even though he celebrates Hanukkah, Christmas at the White House isn't going anywhere if Vice President Harris becomes commander-in-chief. "We may throw some gelt in there. Maybe a few more dreidels," the second gentleman, who is Jewish, said with a smile in a Thursday interview on SiriusXM's "Andy Cohen Live." Traditionally, first ladies have...
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey (D) is leading by 9 points in his Senate reelection bid against Republican challenger David McCormick, a new survey found. The UMass Lowell/YouGov poll found Casey earning 48 percent support among likely voters while McCormick trails at 39 percent. About 10 percent say they are still undecided. The survey found that...
Vice President Kamala Harris had a bad night on Wednesday. But more interesting than anything she said to Fox News anchor Bret Baier was what wasn’t said — namely, that reporters hadn't bothered until this interview to ask her the most glaringly obvious question of 2024. This is why she was so completely blindsided when Baier asked...
