Less than five months after it began, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney’s campaign for governor is over. Stoney announced today that he’ll abandon his bid for governor in an effort to win the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor next year.
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For centuries the Democrats have been the “tax and spend guys.” They’re the party of American Treasury confiscatory distribution — to themselves.
NEWS BRIEF: Paramount-owned UK terrestrial Channel 5 has renewed its light-hearted murder-mystery drama The Good Ship Murder for second and third seasons and a Christmas special, again produced by UK outfit Clapperboard in association with Fifth Season.
The extended family of third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an explicit effort Thursday to blunt his appeal among Democratic voters by endorsing President Joe Biden en masse. Robert's sister Kerry Kennedy, daughter of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and niece of former President John F. Kennedy, called Biden “my hero” at an endorsement event in Philadelphia featuring at least 15 members of the Kennedy clan. “We want to make crystal clear our feelings that...
“Nobody should be shocked that the Republican governor’s supporting the Republican president,” said Governor Chris Sununu, who has long been at odds with Trump.
Over a hundred University of Iowa students and community members gathered on the Pentacrest for an annual Take Back the Night event this Tuesday. The protest and march is meant to draw awareness to sexual assault on college campuses and support survivors. Stands were set up on the Pentacrest with stickers, pins, and pamphlets meant to raise awareness and show solidarity. “Radical cheerleaders” performed
Summer Lee, the first black woman elected in Pennsylvania to the U.S House of Representatives and a strong progressive voice in Congress, handily defeated a centrist challenger in Tuesday's Democratic Party primary race. Her opponent, Edgewood Borough Councilmember Bhavini Patel, campaigned on Lee's criticisms of Israel and Biden and with the benefit of a PAC funded largely by a Republican billionaire. — Read the rest
The Longmont community stood in solidarity with survivors of sexual violence at Thursday’s “Take Back the Night” event.
The new Netflix reboot of “Good Times” is, for good reason, being roundly criticized for trafficking in Black stereotypes and serving as more of a spoof of the classic 1970s TV series than a tribute to the original show, which was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and produced by Norman Lear. There were certainly tricky issues around the representation of Black characters in the original series, which premiered in 1974, especially around the elder Evans son, J.J. (played by comedian Jimmie...
Mayor Levar Stoney of Richmond, Virginia, dropped out of the Democratic primary for the 2025 gubernatorial election on Tuesday, seeking to “avoid an ugly primary for governor.” With Stoney dropping out, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) is the only remaining major candidate in the Democratic primary for governor and now has the inside track to win […]
On Tuesday night, a hundred students gathered in Meyer Green to bring awareness to sexual violence on college campuses. They marched to Toyon Hall where students shared personal experiences.