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Vice President Kamala Harris had a special request for Queen Latifah during a surprise cameo appearance in the intro to the 55th NAACP Image Awards. The pre-recorded sketch began by showing Latifah dressed in her robe getting ready to host Saturday’s...
by Charles Jay
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on Sun Mar 17, 2024 at 02:04 PM PDT
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One of the most racist things Donald Trump has ever done—during�a long, storied career of racist outrages—is handpick former star running back and ambulant condom ad Herschel ...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Tue Feb 13, 2024 at 03:30 PM PST
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Federal appeals court temporarily delays new state-run court in Mississippi's majority-Black capital A federal appeals court has temporarily delayed Mississippi officials from � creating a state-run court � in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson starting on Monday.
The ruling came ...
by Associated Press
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on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 06:25 AM PST
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North Carolina voting-rights advocates sued Tuesday to overturn all of the redistricting plans drawn by Republicans for the 2024 elections, saying legislative leaders unlawfully weakened the electoral influence of Black voters. The North Carolina...
by Associated Press
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on Tue Dec 19, 2023 at 09:21 AM PST
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A day after a federal appeals court dealt a significant blow to the Voting Rights Act, North Dakota's top election official announced Tuesday that he wants the court to review a judge's recent ruling that protected two Native American tribes’ voting...
by Associated Press
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on Tue Nov 21, 2023 at 11:03 AM PST
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A divided federal appeals court on Monday ruled that private individuals and groups such as the NAACP do not have the ability to sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act, a decision voting rights advocates say could further erode...
by Associated Press
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on Mon Nov 20, 2023 at 03:04 PM PST
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The US is forgiving more federal student loans in a bid to tackle 'unsustainable debt' for borrowers President Joe Biden outlined a new round of federal student loan forgiveness on Wednesday to address the “unsustainable debt” that borrowers accumulate to complete their college education.
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by Associated Press
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on Wed Oct 04, 2023 at 01:39 PM PDT
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While Haiti continues to go through turmoil and political instability, the debate over outside intervention places CARICOM, the United Nations, and France—as well as Haitian citizens—on different sides. Meanwhile, the United States continues to play a...
by Denise Oliver Velez
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on Thu Jul 27, 2023 at 05:29 AM PDT
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By David Glenn Cox Republican Senator Bill Lee said on Sunday, that “he doesn’t believe Trump can win a national election.” That’s not really news but it is candor. It illustrates the great divide inside the Republican Party. The Republicans in the...
by This Carbon Based Life
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on Mon May 22, 2023 at 09:51 AM PDT
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On Saturday the NAACP issued a travel advisory for Florida in response to the relentless Republican attacks on Black, LGBTQ+, and immigrant families. In a statement, the NAACP wrote: “The travel advisory comes in direct response to Governor Ron...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon May 22, 2023 at 09:50 AM PDT
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The NAACP over the weekend issued a travel advisory for Florida, joining two other civil rights groups in warning potential tourists that recent laws and policies championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are “openly hostile toward African...
by Associated Press
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on Mon May 22, 2023 at 07:39 AM PDT
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I love to travel, but not to Mr. Charlie’s Florida Commentary by Chitown Kev I’ve always loved to travel. My earliest memories are of a trip to California and Disneyland in 1970 . A couple of ...
by Black Kos
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on Tue May 23, 2023 at 02:00 PM PDT
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Last Saturday, at a conference for the Florida NAACP in Orlando, members voted unanimously for a proposal to ask the national NAACP to issue a travel advisory to Florida, specifically for people who are not white. They have felt that governor Ron...
by OK Dodo
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on Fri Mar 24, 2023 at 06:08 PM PDT
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I know what it is like to lose a son. I also know what it is like to be a target of racism and hate. I met both in Pastor Michelle Thomas, who, along with the Loudoun Branch of the NAACP, led Black Lives Matter marches throughout Loudoun County,...
by Jay Cuasay
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on Thu Mar 23, 2023 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Former White House aide and noted white supremacist Stephen Miller is and will always be a loser, but he was especially one this week when his barrage of despicable, racist political ads proved to be a $40 million flop. Miller had been assuring his...
by Gabe Ortiz
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on Wed Nov 09, 2022 at 12:53 PM PST
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One of the nation’s foremost civil rights organizations is urging radio stations in Georgia to stop running an ad tied to former Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller that falsely accuses Democratic leaders of “anti-white bigotry.” The gross ads, paid...
by Gabe Ortiz
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on Thu Nov 03, 2022 at 12:26 PM PDT
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By Steven Rosenfeld On August 29, eight cartons of notarized paperwork challenging 25,000 voter registrations were delivered by pro-Donald Trump “election integrity” activists to Gwinnett County’s election offices in suburban Atlanta. They were...
by Independent Media Institute
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on Mon Sep 26, 2022 at 02:24 PM PDT
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It took a few months, but on Monday, Cincinnati city officials finally fired a 14-year-veteran of the police force who was caught on her body camera using the N-word in reference to Black teenagers. WCPO-9 reports that (now former) officer Rose...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Tue Aug 30, 2022 at 03:20 PM PDT
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After a months-long internal debate, the White House appears to have landed on a plan to forgive $10,000 in student debt per borrower. The forgiveness would tentatively apply to individuals earning less than $150,000 in the previous year or less than...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Fri May 27, 2022 at 09:50 AM PDT
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'Words are not enough': Civil rights groups urge release of meatpacking plant worker targeted by ICE Civil rights advocates in Mississippi have added their voices to the call for freedom for Lladi Ambrocio-Garcia, Mississippi Free Press reports. The former food plant worker was deported following a retaliatory workplace raid in 2019. When she...
by Gabe Ortiz
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on Mon May 16, 2022 at 10:53 AM PDT
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