House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) announced the death of his father on Monday, saying the elder Jeffries “died peacefully in his sleep” on Sunday. Jeffries’s congressional office ...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries was born to mother Laneda Jeffries and father Marland Jeffries. In an interview with journalist Farah Halime, Jeffries noted that his "public service spirit” came from his ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On Saturday, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries made history as the first Black lawmaker to ...

Hakeem Jeffries has said he had only a “vague ... remembering it only as a tough time for his father and claimed his mother shielded him and his brother from the controversies because he was ...

While Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is intensely focused ... New York, by his mother, Laneda, a social worker, and his father, Marland, a substance abuse counselor. Spurred by a sharp uptick ...