Robert M. Walker, the first Black mayor elected in the City of Vicksburg, has died. The City of Vicksburg made the ...

Black mayors across the United States are leading historic reductions in crime, using data, prevention programs, and community partnerships to make cities safer, according to analysis from The ...

Robert Major Walker made history in 1988 when he was elected as the first Black mayor of Vicksburg, a Mississippi River town ...

The Minneapolis DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) Party has endorsed State Senator Omar Fate h to be the next mayor of ...

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves pushed back on any idea of "ulterior motives" and said he will host a District 7 town hall on Aug. 26.

More Black women have been elected to state legislatures over the last decade, creating a pipeline to Congress and other offices, a new report found.

The Lakewood City Council just chose Cassandra Chase as mayor during its yearly reorganization. Chase will serve her first ...

My mother said do what makes you happy, and that’s why we’re here,” Craven said. “I know she’s looking down and smiling on us ...

US Rep. Danny Davis, a congressman since 1997, is also expected to announce he’s endorsing veteran state Rep. LaShawn Ford ...

"People need homes, not handcuffs; health care, not institutionalization; and above all, compassion, not criminality," said ...

Danny Davis, the 83-year-old dean of Illinois’ U.S. House delegation and a voice for progressive politics for decades, announced Thursday that he will not seek election to a 16th term representing his ...