Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres have been sworn in as the first openly gay Black and Afro-Latino congressmen in a history-making moment. The two New York Democrats, who were elected to Congress in the November election, were sworn in on Sunday (3 January) in
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Last week, just before the President’s diagnosis consumed us, Hollywood leaders joined in asking that Congress send coronavirus relief funds to exhibitors. Those were described as a life-and-death issue for theaters. A mortal threat. And who can doubt it? If the White House isn’t safe, movie houses are certainly still a question mark. But the
Alex Morse became his city’s first openly gay mayor when he was elected almost a decade ago at the age of 22. Now, he’s running for Congress. Morse was elected mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts after beating an incumbent who was more than three times his age. Now 31, Morse is facing off against US representative