Clearing the High Bar
Why So High? Baltimore County’s Threshold for Public Campaign Financing Proved Tough to Clear Black women running for seats on the Baltimore County Council struggled with a new public campaign financing program that has unusually strict requirements. Under the program, council candidates must collect a minimum of $15,000 in small donations from county residents, far exceeding the requirements of five other Maryland localities participating in public financing programs. Montgomery, the state’s most-populous county, and Howard, the wealthiest, demand $10,000. Anne Arundel and Prince George’s require $7,500, and Baltimore City, […]
Black Women Candidates for Baltimore County Council
Meet the Black Women Running for Baltimore County Council The ballot features seven Black women, the largest number that election watchers can recall in the council’s history Mandy Remmell, District 1 As a district director for Democratic U.S. Rep. Johnny Olszewski, Remmell runs the outfit that serves as a link between the congressional office and the constituents in the […]
Kamala Speaks
Kamala Speaks The former VP & Democratic nominee tells her side of the story about her historic presidential campaign in new book, “107 Days” HEY SIS (& the Brothers Who Love Us)! We’re popping in real quick with a heads up in case you haven’t heard: former Vice President Kamala Harris’ new memoir, 107 Days, […]
Election 2024: The Silver Lining
Election 2024: The Silver Lining Hey Sis (& the Brothers who love us)! Whewwwww OK, now that we’ve paused to hydrate and breathe a little bit … Back to this election news. For your analytical pleasure, Black Women Unmuted convened a trio of sister experts to talk about the election, its disappointments and its silver […]
ELECTION 2024: A Sista Sweep, & A Reason to Weep
ELECTION 2024: A Sista Sweep & A Reason to Weep Hey Sis (and the Brothers who love us)! Election 2024 was historic for Black women, y’all! Not exactly the history so many among us thought would happen but STILL, the sisters got those accomplishments written in ink on the books. We’ll get to that in […]
Election Day 2024: Black women excited, concerned in swing state Georgia By CHRISTINA NORRIS Black Women Unmuted SOUTH FULTON, Ga. _ There was eating, drinking, game playing, even a Tai Chi demonstration at Camp Creek Church of Christ’s annual Family & Friends Picnic this fall. However, the first thing dozens of picnic goers saw when […]
10 Takeaways: Trump – Harris 2024 Presidential Debate
10 TAKEAWAYS FROM THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE By NICKI MAYO Black Women Unmuted Editor-at-large There’s a lot to unpack from the first presidential debate between Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Here are 10 takeaways to consider that center Black women. Making ‘HERstory’ Face-to-Face The September 10 ABC presidential debate represents the […]
Sistas on Stage at the 2024 DNC
SISTAS UNMUTED AT THE DNC By NICKI MAYO Black Women Unmuted Editor-at-large Black women were front and center at the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago from August 19 to 22. Here’s a look at the sistas who had the mic in the Windy City. Since there were so many, this list will stick […]
KAMALA’S BLACK GIRL ZEITGEIST
BWU FLASHBACK: KAMALA’S BLACK GIRL ZEITGEIST Black women formed a sister circle around the lone Black woman Democrat in the 2020 presidential race, hoping to sustain her through Iowa & South Carolina Editor’s Note: In late 2019, Black Women Unmuted published this story about efforts by Black women to bolster then-Sen. Kamala Harris’ struggling presidential […]
DNC DAY 3
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, DAY 3 HEY SIS (and the Brothers who love us)! We’ll make this quick: A little birdie told us y’all really liked the way we took Day 2 Democratic National Convention action off mute for you. So we figured hey, let’s keep the party going! Don’t Google yourself silly searching for the […]