Cincinnati NAACP

09/01/2026

Our government should be ashamed of itself!!!

09/01/2026

09/01/2026

The upcoming midterm elections are set to feature a record number of Black gubernatorial nominees, creating a major moment for Black representation in state politics. Candidates from both Democratic and Republican parties are appearing on ballots, reflecting a broader presence of Black leaders seeking executive office.

The increase in Black gubernatorial nominees comes at a time when both major political parties have faced questions about their relationships with Black voters. Candidates are entering races shaped by conversations around representation, policy priorities, and the future direction of state leadership.

Historically, Black governors have remained rare in American politics--the country has only elected three Black governors--making each new candidacy a significant milestone. These nominees are bringing different backgrounds, experiences, and policy visions to races across the country.

As voters prepare for November’s elections, these candidates represent a growing number of Black voices competing for some of the most powerful positions in state government.

09/01/2026

Calling Florida State Representative Angie Nixon and other unapologetic Black women leaders “ghetto” is not legitimate political criticism—it is racialized gatekeeping intended to remind Black women that some people still believe we do not belong in positions of power.

And calling upon their political parties to address their “entitlement” is especially revealing.

“Entitlement” is a choice word—because who do we think we are, right!?

We think we are citizens. We think we are constituents. We think we are taxpayers, voters, organizers, advocates and descendants of people who fought, bled and died so that we could occupy spaces from which we were once legally excluded.

We think we have every right to speak boldly, challenge injustice, demand accountability and represent our communities without shrinking ourselves to make anyone else comfortable.

Black women are not “entitled” because we refuse to be silent. We are empowered. We are prepared. We are elected. We are appointed. We are qualified. And we belong wherever decisions affecting our lives and communities are being made.

The word “ghetto” is being weaponized to mean too Black, too outspoken, too culturally authentic and too unwilling to bow. But if fighting unapologetically for our people makes these women “Ghetto Black 🐝s,” understand that the insult says far more about the person hurling it than the women standing firmly in their power.

You do not get to enjoy Black women’s labor, depend upon Black women’s votes and benefit from Black women’s leadership—and then attempt to humiliate us when we exercise the very power we helped build.

Angie Nixon and every Black woman courageously fighting for justice: Keep speaking. Keep standing. Keep leading. Being UNAPOLOGETIC.

We belong and we will not be bullied out of the room.

09/01/2026

This is what Democracy looks like.

09/01/2026

Fight The Power Gary, IN. NAACP Even when you had to BE your own supplier!! 💪🏾

08/31/2026

This is an openly racist and Islamophobic post. We encourage the admins of the Greater Cincinnati Politics page, to review their standards.

08/29/2026

UA students fighting back against the closure of Nineteen Fifty-Six is literally foundational, it is history in the making. Their courage in fighting back against the silencing of student voices is both commendable and worthy of our applause. Their platform is not merely a product of DEI it is an exercise of their fundamental right to freedom of speech. Silencing student voices on college campuses and in other taxpayer-funded spaces is the institutional equivalent of the anticulture demand of our students to, “Shut up and dribble.” Our students should never have to endure that.

A Black-led student publication has been shut down at the University of Alabama. Now, students are taking their fight to federal court.

Nineteen Fifty-Six, a magazine dedicated to Black culture, excellence and student experiences at UA, was ordered to cease operations alongside Alice in December 2025 amid anti-DEI policies.

The student plaintiffs are appealing a federal ruling that upheld the closures, arguing the decision threatens their First Amendment rights and the spaces marginalized students created to tell their own stories.

Read more about the fight for student journalism and free expression at the link in the comments. 🖤

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