2024 presidential election

With the upcoming federal and state elections, stress around voting and the broader political landscape is growing. According to a report released in May by the American Psychiatric Association, nearly three-quarters of adults in the country are feeling anxious about November’s presidential election.

This week, the Democratic Party is holding its quadrennial convention in Chicago Illinois, the 11th time that the party has held its conference in the Windy City, where it is presenting its best storytellers and having them share with the American people their past achievements and, even more important, their vision for the future.

Ron Bell may not be a pastor, but ahead of the service at the Greater Love Tabernacle Church Aug. 11, he delivered his own sermon to the congregation with a call to action: Register to vote.

On Tuesday, August 6, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris chose Tim Walz, the present governor of Minnesota, as her VP running mate. He took office in 2019 after serving 12 years in the U.S. House of Representatives serving on the Agriculture, Amed Services and Veterans Affairs committees.

Monique Poydras was at a reggae concert at a vineyard in Linganore, Maryland, when her phone began vibrating frantically. As text after text and call after call rolled in, the device continued to shake until it eventually fell off the chair.

The Defender Network’s Community Channel recently conducted a Zoom call discussion on voting, the November 2024 election, and politics in general. The goal: to find out what issues are most important to Blacks, what solutions Blacks want to see, thoughts on voting, insights on the current state of political/civil education and more.

State Representative Christopher Worrell was the only delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts who had not pledged his support to President Joe Biden.

President Joe Biden shocked the political world when he stepped aside from his reelection campaign and handed the mantle to Vice President Kamala Harris.

President Joe Biden announced his intention to drop out of the presidential race in a letter posted to his account on "X." 

During the recent debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, CNN host Dana Bash asked Trump if he would accept the results of the 2024 presidential election. It’s a question frequently asked of Trump and Trump surrogates by hosts of network television news programs.

As the presidential election looms closer, it’s time to see the two candidates face each other in a debate, and this year that debate is more important than ever.

Electing Trump is not going to make our country greater than it is today, it will only serve to tear us down. So, let’s do what the New York jury did. Let’s sit back, look at the facts and choose better.