Ohio Legislative Black Caucus

A Republican state Senator and a doctor who questioned whether members of “the colored population” were disproportionately contracting COVID-19 because of…

The leader of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus is the first state lawmaker known to be diagnosed with COVID-19. State Representative Stephanie Howse says…

A Republican state senator has lost his job as an emergency room doctor after asking a racially insensitive question at a hearing on a resolution to…

Some Democratic lawmakers made emotional appeals to colleagues in the GOP-led Ohio House Thursday for help in addressing racism. Ohio Public Radio's Karen…

An African-American Warrensville Heights police officer was so upset by Tuesday's fatal police shooting of a black man in Louisiana she posted a video of…

Members of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus want references to slavery removed from the state's constitution. The caucus has introduced a resolution that…

A group of African-American state lawmakers wants changes in criminal justice laws. They hope the changes begin before a verdict comes out in the trial of…

The Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, along with clergy and civil rights leaders, are backing an Ohio constitutional amendment guaranteeing certain voter…

Cleveland political strategist and civil rights activist Arnold Pinkney, who helped elect Ohio's first African-American congressman and managed Democrat…

Opponents of a plan to enact Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law in Ohio held a protest at the Statehouse yesterday. Some protest leaders say the law would…