Tag: Race

Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., cries while speaking as Rep. Denny Heck, D-Wash., and Rep. Paul Cook, R-Calif., listen during a news conference Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. Advocates for Native Americans called for Congress to revoke the Medals of Honor given to the U.S. soldiers who participated in the Wounded Knee massacre.

National Security

Republican joins Democrats to push to rescind 20 Medals of Honor for Wounded Knee Massacre

Tim Pearce · June 27, 2019 7:52 pm

From left, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., former Texas Rep. Beto OâRourke, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, and former Maryland Rep. John Delaney pose for a photo on stage before the start of a Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

Social justice seizes Democrats at the first 2020 debate

Eddie Scarry · June 27, 2019 3:41 am

Kim Kardashian West speaks about second chance hiring in the East Room of the White House, Thursday June 13, 2019, in Washington.

Kim Kardashian West accused of cultural appropriation after launching ‘Kimono’ shapewear line

Regina Barton · June 26, 2019 4:47 pm

Twenty-one of the Democrats seeking the party's presidential nomination pose together after House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn's "World Famous Fish Fry," Friday, June 21, 2019, in Columbia, S.C.

Racial tensions overshadow opening 2020 Democratic debates

Emily Brooks · June 25, 2019 10:19 pm

Last month, the Department of Justice asked the Census Bureau to return a question about citizenship status to the 2020 census. The DOJÃ¢â¬â¢s reason was to gather data to better enforce the Voting Rights Act.

Appeals court sends census dispute back to Maryland judge

Melissa Quinn · June 25, 2019 7:38 pm

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a rally in Miami.

‘Latinos for Trump’ chant ‘Build the Wall’ and cheer ICE at Pence speech

John Gage · June 25, 2019 6:59 pm

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden during a campaign rally at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia, Saturday, May 18, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Poll finds black voters shrugging off Biden’s comments on segregationist senators

Philip Klein · June 25, 2019 2:59 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during his re-election kickoff rally at the Amway Center, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Orlando, Fla.

Trump not optimistic that reparations will happen

Jon Brown · June 25, 2019 2:04 am

Harriet Tubman (left) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (right) are seen.

Treasury to review Tubman $20 delay

Susan Ferrechio · June 24, 2019 8:34 pm

Whoopi Goldberg

‘Piss-poor’: The View roasts Buttigieg for his town hall

Julio Rosas · June 24, 2019 6:30 pm

Joe Biden and Cory Booker are seen.

Beltway Confidential

After chiding Biden for working with racists, Booker says he’d meet anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan

Becket Adams · June 24, 2019 5:17 pm

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a welcome reception for the NBA Japan Games 2019 between the Toronto Raptors and the Houston Rockets in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019.

NBA commissioner says league has ‘moved away’ from the term ‘owner’

Julio Rosas · June 24, 2019 2:32 pm