Black Lawmakers And Their Staffers Split On Bernie Sanders

The generational divide in Democratic politics is exploding into public view these days. Last week, the Congressional Black Caucus PAC endorsed Hillary Clinton in a display of unity. Inside the CBC, there’s less unity — some young staffers like Bernie, or don’t like the attacks on him, or have questions about the Clintons.

DeRay Mckesson Releases First Campaign Web Videos

The Black Lives Matter activist is running for Baltimore mayor.

Clinton Campaign Hires Zerlina Maxwell For Digital Outreach

The political analyst will join the Clinton campaign’s digital outreach team and focus on black voters, feminism and gender inequality.

Cummings Abstained From Congressional Black Caucus Vote On Clinton

The executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus PAC told BuzzFeed News that Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking member on the Oversight Committee abstained from a vote on whether to endorse Clinton or Sanders.

John Lewis On Sanders’ Involvement In Civil Rights Movement: “I Never Saw Him”

The civil rights icon blasted Sanders’ role in the movement Thursday before going to South Carolina to stump for Hillary Clinton.

Black Clinton Surrogates Attack Bernie Sanders’ Record On Black Issues

Defending Hillary Clinton as a a longtime ally of the black community, her supporters Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, Todd Rutherford, and Hazel Dukes ripped into Bernie Sanders after bad news for her campaign.

Clinton, Sanders Campaigns Grew At End Of 2015 While Diversity Hiring Remained The Same

New data to be released this week by Inclusv and made available to BuzzFeed News show the two Democratic presidential campaigns have grown considerably, while the percentage of diversity hires remained steady.

Hillary Clinton To Tap Education Department Aide As Director Of Black Media

Denise Horn is a veteran of the Obama reelection campaign. Now she will be Hillary Clinton’s director of African American media.

Ohio Black Lives Matter Activist Is Dead Of An Apparent Suicide

MarShawn M. McCarrel, II died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the steps of the Ohio Statehouse Monday night.

Clinton To Release Ad Targeting Black Voters In South Carolina

The ad, addressing racial inequality, is set to run in major media markets in South Carolina, the Clinton campaign told BuzzFeed News Monday.

Trump, Kasich Offer Competing Visions Of Police Relations In America

In response to a question about the so-called “Ferguson effect” at Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate, Donald Trump said police are under too much scrutiny and unable to act, while John Kasich said there must be more collaboration between communities and police.

Lawyer Who Represented Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin Families Will Endorse Clinton

Benjamin Crump will endorse Hillary Clinton and travel to South Carolina to campaign for her, BuzzFeed News has learned.

DeRay Mckesson’s Entry Into Baltimore Mayor Race Is A Test Of His Strategy, Activists Say

Mckesson was always seen inside the movement as the social media-savvy protester who would try and turn the momentum of Black Lives Matter into political power. Now that it’s here, national movement activists are quiet. But they’re watching.

GOP Says It’s Filed Trademark For Black History Month Event Amid Dispute

The RNC is fighting with a political consultant over the trademark of a high-profile Black History Month luncheon. The event began as a way to unify black Republicans after a shellacking at the polls in 2012, but now it’s dividing the black Republican elite.

Eric Holder On Black Lives Matter: “In Them I See A Lot Of The Younger Eric”

In a clip of an upcoming interview provided to BuzzFeed News, former Attorney General Eric Holder said the spirit of the Black Lives Matter movement reminded him of his younger self and was in the tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Meet The Flint Organizer Advising Black Lives Matter On The Water Crisis

Nayyirah Shariff, an organizer for the Flint Democracy Defense League, has a racial analysis on the Flint water crisis — but it’s only part of the reason why she was the go-to activist for Black Lives Matter on the issue.

Black Lives Matter Activist: Flint Water Crisis Should Be A Signature Issue

“Clean water is a human right. And I think that part what happens often times is that poor black communities end up getting the shorter end of the stick.”

Rahm Emanuel To Announce Minority Recruitment For Chicago Police Is “Through The Roof”

In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he’s optimistic about data that will show “heavy recruitment” of black and Latino residents testing to be police officers. It’s part of a broader plan his administration hopes will regain the trust of Chicago residents.

Black Lives Matter Leaders Are Reaching Out To Silicon Valley, And It’s Paying Off

Wired magazine’s inclusion of Campaign Zero on its inaugural “Clout List” of the top 20 tech insiders defining the 2016 presidential campaign underlines how the Black Lives Matter movement’s proximity to Silicon Valley is helping advance its goals.