The 2026 Wisconsin governor's race could break historical patterns for party control and candidate backgrounds. If a Democrat ...

Matthew G. Carter (1913-2012) was the first Black mayor of Montclair.  He was elected town commissioner in 1964 and was re-elected in 1968.  He was mayor ...

Arnold Cream, known as famed heavyweight boxing champion Jersey Joe Wolcott, was the first Black to win election as a county Sheriff in New Jersey. Cream ...

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Donald Trump’s Greenland obsession began with a 2018 suggestion from billionaire Ronald Lauder. Years later, it has grown ...

The Supreme Court of the United States is weighing a series of important cases including mail-in ballots in Mississippi.

I n a 1988 video that surfaced during his 2020 presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders, then-mayor of Burlington, Vermont, ...

Clare Malone is a contributing writer at The New Yorker covering the media business, journalism, and politics. She received ...

At this year’s King Day at the Dome, Democrats seeking statewide office this year pitched themselves to voters, urging them ...

While working on a flower arrangement in the Allen Flower Shop workroom,co-owner Ginger Kerr Collier points to different ...

While his official duties ended at midnight Dec. 31, Ralph Mowen will forever be “The Mayor” to many Ephrata Borough residents who know him.

Early in his life, Sanders left the streets of Brooklyn for the woodlands of Vermont. What did the man bring to the state—and ...