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High turnout among African-American voters was especially crucial in the 2008 and 2012 elections for Democrats, but according to a new article on The Nation.com, Democrats appear to be taking those same voters for granted. In 2012, 29 percent of all eligible voters were people of color. That number is now around 31 percent. Priorities USA, the […]

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In 2008, large swaths of mostly Black communities in New York City, particularly in Brooklyn, helped push Obama to victory, reports The New York Times.

NewsOne Now's Roland Martin and CNN's Jake Tapper will host the presidential town hall Sunday ahead of Tuesday's primary races in the rust belt.

The number of Blacks dismissive of Republican front-runner Donald Trump because of his xenophobic verbiage may well be inflated, author and political pundit Tavis Smiley said in a op-ed piece in USA Today on Wednesday.

While addressing a crowd in South Carolina Thursday, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said it was possible to garner more African-American votes by speaking words about “hope”…

A staggering 5.9 million Americans can't vote because of felony convictions. Meanwhile, 2016 hopefuls tackle criminal justice reform.

In an effort to recruit Democratic-leaning Black and urban voters, the Republican National Committee has launched a four-week Ohio campaign that will focus on outreach…

Midterm elections are over, and the republicans are now in control. But what does this really mean for us? Listen to the audio player to hear Jeff…

  Midterm elections are here, and we can’t stress enough how important it is to get out and vote. Before you go out to the…

Midterm elections are here, and although we stress the importance of it here on “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show,” there’s still a lot of people…