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This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. As we return from the Thanksgiving holiday, we know some of our neighbors are hungry. Some are detained. And millions more are anxious about what will happen next month, when the federal government once again teeters on the brink of shutdown. The recent federal crisis didn’t just expose GOP cruelty.
There are two moments in our country’s history that are monumental when it comes to Black women in politics. In 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress, and on November 3, 1992 Carol Moseley Braun became the first Black woman elected to the United States Senate. Take a minute to reflect on those dates.
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