black voters

Voters of color should not be treated as "get-out-the-vote targets," says the head of one of the groups that issued the report. Instead, outreach needs to start one to two years before an election.

Voting rights activist LaTosha Brown says the Senate runoff results in Georgia represent how mobilizing and harnessing the power of Black voters can help forge a new political landscape.

Hoaxes and misleading posts aimed at depressing turnout have spread on social media. Experts say it outpaces 2016, when Black voters were the top target of Russian-backed disinformation.

President Trump unveiled some campaign pledges in Atlanta for more loans to Black-owned businesses — but he spent most of his time telling the crowd why they shouldn't vote for Joe Biden.

It was a surprise result for the former vice president, who won a majority of states on Super Tuesday. He rode a wave of momentum that may have catapulted him back into front-runner status.

The pressure was on for the Democratic candidates. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar stood out, but is it too little too late? Others tried to draw clear distinctions.

President Trump has been heavily promoting policies aimed at appealing to black voters, including criminal justice issues, historically black colleges and so-called Opportunity Zones.

Since Reconstruction, Virginia has elected only two African American Republicans to the legislature. This year, two young black men running against Democrats might change that.

Four African Americans are suing over a Jim Crow-era election rule that requires statewide officeholders to win a majority of the popular vote and at least 62 of 122 Mississippi state house districts.

Wisconsin Democrats are trying to re-elect Sen. Tammy Baldwin and unseat Gov. Scott Walker. African-Americans are a key part of the coalition necessary to do so.