It looks like the former staunch Bernie Sanders supporter has love for a different candidate this time around.
Another early pick places Sen. Cory Booker second, with many in Obama’s circle backing former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Monday, MTV is turning off the color and broadcasting in black and white. The network will air a 12-hour block of programming without color, kicking off a social media campaign called, #TheTalk to discuss race in America on Martin Luther King Jr Day. According to MTV’s press release: #TheTalk is part of a broader MTV […]
We told you that the 2014 midterm elections were a big Black deal, and it was! Mia Love was elected as the first Black female Republican elected to Congress. She’s also the first Haitian-American to serve in the Capitol. Love recently told Newsweek, “I’m perfectly comfortable in my skin. My parents always told me, ‘In […]
Senator Cory Booker is off the market! According to the New York Post, the former New Jersey major is in a long-distance relationship with a Hollywood entertainment lawyer named Bianca Levin. Sources say the 36-year-old beauty is a Yale Law School graduate who works for the Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown talent firm, best known […]
Cue meteoric rise to stardom for Cory Booker–the first Black senator from New Jersey to be elected since President Obama won his seat in Illinois in 2004. The 44-year-old Senator was sworn in during a ceremony administered by Vice President Joe Biden. Booker was elected to fill out the term of the late Sen. Frank […]
Before Cory Booker heads to Washington, he plans to make history by presiding over New Jersey’s first same-sex wedding at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 21. According to reports, the new Senator-elect will conduct at least 10 same-sex marriages as soon as the clock sticks midnight next Monday, the first day gay marriages will be legally […]
New Jersey senate hopeful Cory Booker has officially been endorsed by the Commander-in-Chief himself! During a statement on Wednesday, President Barack Obama said “Cory will be an important partner in our efforts to reduce gun violence, give every American a fair shot in a global economy, and make our country stronger.” “Cory Booker has dedicated […]
Oprah Winfrey has only publicly supported two politicians — first President Barack Obama, and now Newark mayor and U.S. Senate candidate Cory Booker. On Thursday, the media mogul joined the New Jersey Senate hopeful for a fundraiser at Liberty House restaurant in Jersey City. Tickets for the high-profile event cost donors between $1,000 and $2,600. MUST […]
The mayor of New Jersey’s biggest city is running for the U.S. Senate. Cory Booker officially announced his candidacy to finish out late senator Frank Lautenberg’s term at news conference today. If he wins the nomination, the Newark mayor will fill in for Lautenberg, a five-term New Jersey Democrat who died from pneumonia on Monday. […]
TIME has picked their 100 most influential people in the world. They are artists and activists, reformers and researchers, heads of state and captains of industry. Their ideas spark dialogue and dissent and sometimes even revolution. Here are a few of 2011’s TIME 100: And check out last year’s list here: Who Made The Cut? […]
