{"id":2533,"date":"2016-09-20T17:09:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T17:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/?post_type=tpic&#038;nid=1016504"},"modified":"2025-07-17T12:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:19:24","slug":"politics","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/news\/politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"essence-accordion\" style=\"\"><div class=\"swiper-container\"><div class=\"swiper\" data-js=\"essence-accordion-swiper\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\"><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"essence-accordion__item\"><figure class=\"essence-accordion__featured-image\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Black-Women-Lawmakers-On-Uternine-Cancer-Legislation-e1752758967289-1920x1080.jpeg?width=800 1x, 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She&#8217;s Now Celebrating A Second Term.<\/a><\/h3><aside class=\"entry-meta essence-topic__meta\"><span class=\"entry-meta__author\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/authors\/tiyana-jordan\/\" rel=\"tag\">Tiyana Jordan<\/a><\/span><\/aside><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"essence-topic swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"essence-topic__featured-image icon-video\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/news\/best-political-moments-of-2021\/\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-11.36.41-AM-1920x1080.png?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-11.36.41-AM-1920x1080.png?width=1280 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1440px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-11.36.41-AM-1920x1080.png?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-11.36.41-AM-1920x1080.png?width=1280 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-11.36.41-AM-1920x1080.png?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-11.36.41-AM-1920x1080.png?width=1280 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1028px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-11.36.41-AM-1920x1080.png?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-11.36.41-AM-1920x1080.png?width=1280 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-11.36.41-AM-1920x1080.png?width=640 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-11.36.41-AM-1920x1080.png?width=640 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-11.36.41-AM-1920x1080.png\" alt=\"Best Political Moments Of 2021\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"essence-topic__content\"><div class=\"essence-topic__category-list\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a> <span>&nbsp; <time datetime=\"2021-12-31T14:13:43-05:00\" class=\"essence-topic__date entry-meta__date\">Dec 31, 2021<\/time><\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"essence-topic__title\"><a class=\"essence-topic__link\" id=\"1136494\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/news\/best-political-moments-of-2021\/\">Best Political Moments Of 2021<\/a><\/h3><aside class=\"entry-meta essence-topic__meta\"><span class=\"entry-meta__author\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/authors\/malaika-jabali\/\" rel=\"tag\">Malaika Jabali<\/a><\/span><\/aside><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"see-all\"><a href=\"\/videos\" rel=\"tag\">See All Videos<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"essence-promo-block\"><div class=\"pubstack-container\"><h2 class=\"pubstack-section-heading\">Kamala&#039;s Corner<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"essence-promo\" data-id=\"460289\">\n\t<figure class=\"essence-promo__featured-image\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/feature\/kamala-harris-on-domestic-terrorism\/\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/08\/GettyImages-1160933505-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/08\/GettyImages-1160933505-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1028px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/08\/GettyImages-1160933505-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/08\/GettyImages-1160933505-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/08\/GettyImages-1160933505-1472x1472.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Kamala Harris: &#039;We Must Fight Against Domestic Terrorists And White Supremacy&#039;\" width=\"860\" height=\"860\" \/><\/picture><\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<div class=\"essence-promo__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"essence-promo__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"essence-promo__category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/op-ed\/kamalas-corner\/\" rel=\"tag\">Kamala&#039;s Corner<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"essence-promo__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/feature\/kamala-harris-on-domestic-terrorism\/\">Sen. Kamala Harris: &#039;We Must Fight Against Domestic Terrorists And White Supremacy&#039;<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"essence-promo__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/feature\/kamala-harris-on-domestic-terrorism\/\">Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris writes about domestic terrorism, White supremacy and the need for strict gun laws.<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<aside class=\"entry-meta essence-promo__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2019-08-22T11:10:45-04:00\" class=\"onChange__date entry-meta__date\">Aug 22, 2019<\/time>\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"essence-topics\"><div class=\"pubstack-container\"><div class=\"essence-topics__inner\">\t<article class=\"essence-category essence-topics-grid topics-grid essence-topic\" data-id=\"458162\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"essence-topic__featured-image icon-article\">\n\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1158739125-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1158739125-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1028px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1158739125-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1158739125-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1158739125-1472x1472.jpg\" alt=\"Kamala Harris Slams Trump&#039;s &#039;Campaign Of Terror&#039; Against Immigrants\" width=\"860\" height=\"860\" \/><\/picture>\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>&nbsp; Aug 12, 2019<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"essence-topic__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"essence-topic__link\" id=\"458162\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/news\/kamala-harris-trump-campaign-of-terror\/\">Kamala Harris Slams Trump&#039;s &#039;Campaign Of Terror&#039; Against Immigrants<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<aside class=\"entry-meta essence-topic__meta\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-meta__author test\">By <a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/authors\/breanna-edwards\/\">Breanna Edwards<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- <time datetime=\"\" class=\"essence-topic__date entry-meta__date\"><\/time> -->\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t<article class=\"essence-category essence-topics-grid topics-grid essence-topic\" data-id=\"455919\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"essence-topic__featured-image icon-article\">\n\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160427279-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160427279-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1028px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160427279-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160427279-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160427279-1472x1472.jpg\" alt=\"Kamala Harris: &#039;We Have A Predator Living In The White House&#039;\" width=\"860\" height=\"860\" \/><\/picture>\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/news\/politics\/\" rel=\"tag\">Politics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>&nbsp; Jul 31, 2019<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"essence-topic__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"essence-topic__link\" id=\"455919\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/news\/politics\/kamala-harris-message-to-black-women\/\">Kamala Harris To Black Women: \u2018The Power Is In Your Hands\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<aside class=\"entry-meta essence-topic__meta\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-meta__author test\">By <a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/authors\/tanya-christian\/\">Tanya A. Christian<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- <time datetime=\"\" class=\"essence-topic__date entry-meta__date\"><\/time> -->\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t<article class=\"essence-category essence-topics-grid topics-grid essence-topic\" data-id=\"548983\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"essence-topic__featured-image icon-\">\n\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Breonna-Taylor-2-Cropped-1200x1200.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Breonna-Taylor-2-Cropped-1200x1200.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1028px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Breonna-Taylor-2-Cropped-1200x1200.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Breonna-Taylor-2-Cropped-1200x1200.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Breonna-Taylor-2-Cropped-1200x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Breonna Taylor Wanted to Save Lives, We Must Honor Hers\" width=\"860\" height=\"860\" \/><\/picture>\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/op-ed\/kamalas-corner\/\" rel=\"tag\">Kamala&#039;s Corner<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>&nbsp; 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To Help Pay For Bottled Water During Newark Lead Crisis\" width=\"860\" height=\"860\" \/><\/picture><\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<div class=\"essence-promo__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"essence-promo__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"essence-promo__category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/news\/politics\/\" rel=\"tag\">Politics<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"essence-promo__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/news\/politics\/cory-booker-epa-newark-lead-crisis\/\">Cory Booker: EPA Has &#039;Responsibility&#039; To Help Pay For Bottled Water During Newark Lead Crisis<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"essence-promo__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/news\/politics\/cory-booker-epa-newark-lead-crisis\/\">The Environmental Protection Agency previously determined that filters made the water safe to drink.<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<aside class=\"entry-meta essence-promo__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2019-08-14T09:16:41-04:00\" class=\"onChange__date entry-meta__date\">Aug 14, 2019<\/time>\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"essence-topics\"><div class=\"pubstack-container\"><div class=\"essence-topics__inner\">\t<article class=\"essence-category essence-topics-grid topics-grid essence-topic\" data-id=\"455537\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"essence-topic__featured-image icon-article\">\n\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160437161-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160437161-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1028px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160437161-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160437161-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160437161-1472x1472.jpg\" alt=\"Cory Booker Speaks On The Black Women Who Have Played The Biggest Role His Life\" width=\"860\" height=\"860\" \/><\/picture>\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/celebrity\/yes-girl-podcast\/\" rel=\"tag\">Yes, Girl Podcast<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>&nbsp; Jul 30, 2019<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"essence-topic__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"essence-topic__link\" id=\"455537\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/celebrity\/yes-girl-podcast\/cory-booker-black-women-played-biggest-role-in-his-life\/\">Cory Booker Speaks On The Black Women Who Have Played The Biggest Role His Life<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<aside class=\"entry-meta essence-topic__meta\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-meta__author test\">By <a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/authors\/kimberly-wilson\/\">Kimberly Wilson<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- <time datetime=\"\" class=\"essence-topic__date entry-meta__date\"><\/time> -->\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t<article class=\"essence-category essence-topics-grid topics-grid essence-topic\" data-id=\"454840\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"essence-topic__featured-image icon-article\">\n\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160439551-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160439551-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1028px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160439551-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160439551-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GettyImages-1160439551-1472x1472.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Cory Booker: \u2018This Election Can\u2019t Just Be About Trump\u2019\" width=\"860\" height=\"860\" \/><\/picture>\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/videos\/\" rel=\"tag\">Videos<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>&nbsp; Jul 26, 2019<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"essence-topic__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"essence-topic__link\" id=\"454840\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/videos\/cory-booker-essence-yesha-callahan\/\">Sen. Cory Booker: \u2018This Election Can\u2019t Just Be About Trump\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<aside class=\"entry-meta essence-topic__meta\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-meta__author test\">By <a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/authors\/kynala-phillips\/\">Kynala Phillips<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- <time datetime=\"\" class=\"essence-topic__date entry-meta__date\"><\/time> -->\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t<article class=\"essence-category essence-topics-grid topics-grid essence-topic\" data-id=\"443810\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"essence-topic__featured-image icon-article\">\n\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1131891668-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1131891668-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1028px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1131891668-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 1x, https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1131891668-1472x1472.jpg?width=860 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.essence.com\/vxcjywbwpa\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1131891668-1472x1472.jpg\" alt=\"Cory Booker On Juneteenth And Honoring Our Ancestors: &#039;We Must Pay It Forward&#039;\" width=\"860\" height=\"860\" \/><\/picture>\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"essence-topic__category-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/op-ed\/\" rel=\"tag\">Op-Ed<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>&nbsp; Jun 19, 2019<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"essence-topic__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"essence-topic__link\" id=\"443810\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/op-ed\/cory-booker-juneteenth\/\">Cory Booker On Juneteenth And Honoring Our Ancestors: &#039;We Must Pay It Forward&#039;<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<aside class=\"entry-meta essence-topic__meta\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-meta__author test\">By <a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/authors\/sen-cory-booker\/\">Sen. 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