Midterm elections 2026: list of historic firsts, diverse winners - Fast Company

From the first Muslim American U.S. senator to the first Native American woman governor, American voters set a long list of precedents on Tuesday.

Keisha Lance Bottoms to become the nation’s first Black woman governor

The race was among the most competitive of the cycle in a state that helped elect President Donald Trump just two years ago.

Democrats triumph in US governor elections after wins in key states

Party sees historic victories with Gina Hinojosa’s win in Texas and Georgia’s Keisha Lance Bottoms becoming first Black female governor in US

‘A win the size of Texas’: Democrats celebrate shrinking Republican dominance in a big state

Voters watched results in near disbelief as James Talarico claimed victory in Senate race and Gina Hinojosa was elected state’s first Latina governor

Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeats Texas governor Greg Abbott in stunning upset

Hinojosa wins momentous victory, shatters Republican grip on key office and will become state’s first Latina governor

Dr. Anita Allen Makes History As The First Black Woman Police Chief In Metro Atlanta City

Mableton names Dr. Anita Allen its first police chief as the Georgia city builds a new department and prepares to hire 80 employees.

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The Gender History of Puerto Rico, Before Colonization

Exploring the gender history of la isla before the patriarchy was imposed onto it, with references from The Taino Dictionary, The University of Puerto Rico – Colonialism and the Language of Teaching and Learning, Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature, and more.

The Gender History of Puerto Rico, Before Colonization

Exploring the gender history of la isla before the patriarchy was imposed onto it, with references from The Taino Dictionary, The University of Puerto Rico – Colonialism and the Language of Teaching and Learning, Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature, and more.

Wes Moore calls out Laura Loomer for ‘peddling racism’ in attack on Black women

Wes Moore condemned Laura Loomer over racist attacks against Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon, the state’s first potential Black senator.

Refusing Settler Domesticity — Oakland Public Library

Refusing Settler Domesticity — Keliiaa, Caitlin, — In the early twentieth century, the Bay Area Outing Program coercively recruited over a thousand Native girls and women from boarding schools to labor as live-in domestic workers across the San Francisco Bay Area. Outing removed Native people from their communities and transferred them to white homes, farms, and businesses to work as menial laborers. In exchange for room, board, and meager pay, Native women and girls as young as twelve cooked, cleaned, and lived in the homes of their employers. Despite oppressive living and working conditions, Native women strategically resisted the worst aspects of outing, including Indian child removal, sexual surveillance, criminalization, and exploitation. Throughout, they forged social connections and navigated relationships to refuse domestication and assert their agency. In this groundbreaking work, Historian Caitlin Keliiaa examines Native women's lived experiences of federal policy and connects outing to the region's longer history of coerced Native labor. The book, as indictment, expands the existing work on Indian boarding schools, urban Indians, and the history of California and the West.

The Color of Power — Oakland Public Library

The Color of Power — Douzet, Frédérick — <p></p><p> <i>The Color of Power </i>is a fascinating examination of the changing politics of race in Oakland, California. Oakland has been at the forefront of California’s multicultural changes for decades. Since the 1960s, the city has been a shining example of a fruitful liberal black-and-white political partnership and the successful incorporation of black politicians into the political landscape. But over the past forty years, the balance of power has changed as a consequence of dramatic demographic trends and economic circumstances. The city’s formerly dominant biracial political machine has been challenged by the demands of new multiracial interests.</p><p></p><p>The city, once governed by a succession of black mayors and majority black city councils, must now accommodate rapidly growing Asian and Latino communities. While the black-led coalition still relies on white progressive support, this alliance has weakened due to a shift in the progressives’ agenda and the voting habits of the black community, the rise of a Hispanic-Asian coalition, and a strong demographic decline of the African American population. With similar demographic changes taking place across the nation, Oakland’s experience provides insight in to the multiracial future of other American cities.</p><p></p><p> <i>The Color of Power</i> investigates Oakland’s contemporary racial politics with a detailed study of conflicts over issues like education, elections and political representation, and crime. Trained as a journalist, a political scientist, and a geographer, the author provides a unique perspective supported by numerous maps and extensive interviews.</p><p>Winner of awards from the French Society of Geography and the French National Academy of Sciences</p><br/>Trained as a journalist, a political scientist, and a geographer, the author provides a unique perspective supported by numerous maps and extensive interviews.<p>Winner of awards from the French Society of Geography and the French National Academy of Sciences</p>

The Chesapeake: Making Race

When the Chesapeake region began taking shape, race and class were ill-defined. But Africans quickly became enslaved for life.

Black Women Are Sounding the Alarm About Voting Rights and America’s Future

A new poll reveals their thoughts on whether the nation is delivering on what Black women need to thrive.

Arizona’s Democratic Governor Set to Pick a Republican Running Mate

Gov. Katie Hobbs, locked in a competitive re-election battle, plans to tap a moderate former mayor of Mesa, Ariz., John Giles, to serve as her lieutenant governor if she wins in November.