Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.

making this the largest group of Black senators to ever serve concurrently in the U.S. Capitol, a building constructed with the labor of enslaved Black people. The previous longest-serving Black ...

Cory Booker and other Senators have reintroduced a resolution that would federally recognize Maternal Health Awareness Day.

The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus is instead holding a "unity rally" inside the Statehouse during the speech.

The 119th Congress is the most racially and ethnically diverse in U.S. history, with 26% of voting members identifying as ...

Democrats Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware will represent the first time two Black women will serve together in the U.S. Senate. The caucus also marked the historic ...