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Kamala Harris would lean on presidential power, not Congress, for big plans | San Francisco Chronicle

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019

Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., would tackle her priorities using a novel set of executive actions that would require nothing from Congress.Photo: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press. Featured Image WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris has unveiled an ambitious set of policies as part of her presidential campaign that have a […]

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Upper Marlboro, Maryland’s 1st Black Mayor Resigns Amidst Racist Bullying | Essence

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019

Mayor Tonga Turner insisted she wasn’t resigning because of the racist bullying, with her spokesperson saying she wanted more time with family.

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Obamas jump into booming podcast business with Spotify partnership | Reuters

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019

Jill Serjeant, Reuters Women working at sewing machines in factory. Pic credit: Sleek Garments Export Ltd. Featured Image LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle entered the booming podcast business on Thursday, announcing a multi-year partnership with streaming service Spotify to produce a series of exclusive podcasts. Under the […]

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Activists say new Tennessee law aims to suppress African American votes | The Guardian

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019

Khushbu Shah, The Guardian The Equity Alliance registered nearly 100,000 black voters in Tennessee during the midterm elections in 2018. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images. Featured Image Tequila Johnson lists off laundromats, nightclubs and churches. Those are the places her team of 150 volunteers visited during the midterm elections last year, registering black voters across […]

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A Forgotten Presidential Candidate From 1904 | NPR

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019

Linton Weeks, NPR George Edwin Taylor in 1904. Courtesy of Eartha M.M. White Collection, Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida. Featured Image Despite what you read in some history books — such as the Biographical Dictionary of Congressional Women — Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) was not in 1972 the first African-American candidate to […]

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Russian documents reveal desire to sow racial discord — and violence — in the U.S. | NBC News

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019

The revelations come as U.S. intelligence agencies have warned of probable Russian meddling in the 2020 election.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’d be ‘hard pressed’ to back Biden in primary | The Guardian

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019

Bernie Sanders appears to be the favorite to secure Ocasio-Cortez’s prized endorsement in the Democratic presidential primary

Kamala Harris’s Long-Shot Bid to Fix School Funding | The Atlantic

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019

The senator and presidential candidate says America needs to reform how it funds schools, but the details of any alternative approach are scant.

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Adrienne Jones elected Maryland’s first African-American, female House speaker | CNN

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019

Veronica Stracqualursi, CNNAmber Ferguson/The Washington Post, Featured Image Washington (CNN) A Maryland lawmaker made history on Wednesday when she became the first woman and first African-American elected as the state’s House speaker. Del. Adrienne Jones was unanimously voted as speaker after the two Democratic candidates who were vying for the job stepped aside to nominate […]

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Baltimore’s Mayor Resigns Over a Series of Self-Published Children’s Books | Slate

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019

Elliot Hannon, Slate Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh delivers an address during her inauguration ceremony on Dec. 6, 2016. (Patrick Semansky/AP), Featured Image Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s bizarre tenure in office came to an end Thursday, when she resigned amid a cloud of scandal and scrutiny over, of all things, a self-published series of children’s books. […]

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