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Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake held a news conference with Vanita Gupta, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and Baltimo…

Day two of the 2016 Democratic National Convention included former President Bill Clinton and members of Mothers of the Movement, made up of mothers of slain black men and women.

Day one of the 2016 Democratic National Convention included first lady Michelle Obama, 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and immigration advocate Astrid S…

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presumptive presidential nominee, spoke at the U.S. Conference of Mayors' annual meeting. She talked about U.S.-U.K. relations …

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake (D) spoke about urban issues important to Americans living in cities and their metropolitan areas. Other topics included the riots in her city earlie…

Former Governor Lincoln Chafee (D-RI) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who were both seeking the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, addressed the morning session of the Demo…

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair and Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter (D), and Governor Steve Beshear (D-KY) spoke at the 2015 DNC W…

The mayors of Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Sacramento talked about ways to promote effective crime reduction and to build public trust of law enforcement. They spoke at the first meeting …

Vice President Biden, Governor Martin O’Malley (D-MD) and others spoke at an event commemorating the 200th anniversary of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Houston Mayor Annise Parker talked about issues facing their cities. The two were in Washington attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual Wi…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) held a field hearing on mortgage policy with consumer groups, industry stakeholders, and financial experts. CFPB Director Richard Cordray unve…

Mayors from cities that house military installations gathered to hear from defense industry executives and government officials discuss the potential effects of proposed defense policy chang…

A recent panel of mayors and public health educators discussed what they called a national epidemic among young African-American males in the United States. They talked about a program calle…

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (D-MD) gave the commencement address to the graduating class of St. Mary’s College of Maryland on the Townhouse Green in St. Mary’s City, Maryland.

Mayors of Baltimore and Hartford talked about local initiatives that serve at risk-youth. Among the issues they addressed were education programs, youth employment, and economic opportunity.…

Mayors spoke about education programs focusing on education through youth mentoring, leadership programs and urban school reform. This was day one of a three-day conference hosted by the U.S…