Category: Politics

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Nancy Pelosi is re-elected as speaker

Nancy Pelosi is re-elected as speaker

Nancy Pelosi is re-elected as speaker of the House for the 117th congress, with 216 votes The floor of the House of Representatives erupted in applause as Rep. Nancy Pelosi was re-elected as speaker of the House for the 117th congress, with 216 votes on Sunday evening, 3 January 2021. It was a narrow re-election...

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Raphael Warnock emerges as first Black Senator in Georgia

Raphael Warnock emerges as first Black Senator in Georgia

Raphael Warnock emerged as the first Black Senator after beating Republican senator Kelly Loeffler. He made history as Georgia’s first Black senator, a state shaped by the legacy of the civil war, Jim Crow, and the civil rights movement.  Since 2005, Warnock has been the senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist church, where Martin Luther...

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The electoral college selects Joe Biden as the next US President

The electoral college selects Joe Biden as the next US President

Joe Biden was formally selected as the next president of the US on Monday after securing the required 270 Electoral College votes, despite opposition from Donald Trump and his supporters. ⁠ Electors for all 50 states and the District of Columbia gathered in their respective capitols on Monday to cast ballots in a constitutionally mandated...

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US Election: Trump concedes

US Election: Trump concedes

According to a letter from Administrator Emily Murphy sent Monday afternoon and obtained by CNN, the U.S. presidential transition will now officially commence. This is coming after the General Services Administration informed the Biden camp that Joe Biden who has been determined to be the apparent winner of the election, that the Trump administration is...

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First Lady Michelle Obama closing argument

First Lady Michelle Obama closing argument

“Living with the knowledge that no matter how hard we try, how much good we do in the world, there will be far too many who will never see our humanity, who will project on us their own fears of retribution for centuries of injustice and thus, only see us as a threat to be restrained.”

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