After The New York City Board of Elections removed more than 125,000 Democratic voters from the rolls during one of the most important presidential primaries this season, officials have pledged a probe, reports The New York Times.

Gov. Larry Hogan shot down the legislation last year, but a strong push from Democrat leadership is aimed to turn the tides.

"We can't sit back and make excuses," says BGV Founder Nykidra "Nyki" Robinson. "Our vote is our voice. It doesn't matter if you don't have a GED, or if you have a PhD, we're all the same."

Sadly, the Democrats, even with a mention of the Black Lives Matter Network, fell short. The concerns of millions of Black Americans were all but dismissed in the first debate, indicating that even the left needs a crash course on how to gain the Black vote.

Protest Plus Policy equals Progress! Last week I received a huge honor, the National Urban League’s “Living Legend” award. The following week, we celebrated the…

National

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and although our country has come a long way, there are still issues

For the first time ever, President Barack Obama spoke about the idea of mandatory voting, the Washington Times reports. During a town hall meeting in Cleveland this week,…

National

If you haven’t seen it, there’s a video circulating of Mike Brown’s stepfather, Louis Head standing outside the Ferguson, Mo., police headquarters shouting “Burn this…

You know that test they gave black people to try and prevent them from voting. Yeah, well we now officially know it was impossible to…

NewsOne Now

Marc Veasey, U.S. Representative from Texas’ 33rd Congressional District, joined Roland Martin and “NewsOne Now” Tuesday to talk about what he calls efforts at voter…