The Florida Democrat talks to The 19th’s Errin Haines about legislation on policing and voting, that testy exchange with Jim Jordan and what could be next for her politically. — BY, ERRIN HAINES Florida Rep. Val Demings emerged as a national figure in December 2019 as one of the seven managers in former President […]
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2021 Urban One Honors Winners: Meet The Black Women Leading The Change | NEWSONE
— BY, TANAY HUDSON In the Black community, Black women are the matriarchs. The problem solvers. The providers. The protectors. The storytellers. They often don’t just fulfill these roles for their families, but for all those around them. This year’s Urban One Honors recipients are evidence of that. They are game-changers in their fields, leading and creating groundbreaking […]
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D.C. Statehood Is More Urgent Than Ever | The Atlantic
“The real fraud is that we call ourselves a democracy yet deny the people of our capital political representation.” — HANNAH GIORGIS, THE ATLANTIC Less than six months before a mob of the sitting president’s supporters would descend upon the United States Capitol, a more solemn crowd gathered at its steps. Among those who arrived to […]
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In Explosive Debate, Pa. GOP Refuses To Swear In Reelected Democratic Senator | NPR, WAMU 88.5
— KATIE MEYER, NPR, WAMU 88.5 With the nation’s eyes toward Washington, D.C., ahead of Wednesday’s planned confirmation of Joe Biden’s presidential election, Republicans in the Pennsylvania state Senate refused a confirmation of their own. The state Senate’s first session of the new year devolved into shouting Tuesday as the Republicans who hold a […]
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In majority-Black Georgia county, voting in Senate runoffs is more about fight to vote than right to vote | CNN Politics
— Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN POLITICS Mayfield, Georgia (CNN)Johnny Thornton stood on his sprawling catfish farm, once a symbol of empowerment in this majority Black county, and explained how the local election board once tried to strip him of his right to vote. In 2015, after a failed attempt to shutter almost every polling […]
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‘The threats went through the roof’ | The 19th
Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks to The 19th about facing increased vitriol in an era when it’s easier than ever to send threatening messages. — Errin Haines, The 19th On August 15, the national reckoning on race that erupted this summer in the midst of a global pandemic landed at Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s door. […]
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Black Conservatives Don’t Care About You — Or Anyone Else | LEVEL
If they only want to go for theirs, they should just say so — Scott Woods, LEVEL As the summer roiled with protests over the murder of George Floyd by police and the pandemic drove a wave of activism into Zoom chats, I found myself once again watching an online panel discussion about the state of […]
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Meet Kamala Harris’ Unapologetically Black Senior Staff | NewsOne
Tina Flournoy, Ashley Etienne Symone Sanders join a steadily browning and diverse Biden administration. — Bruce C.T. Wright, NewsOne Vice President-elect Kamala Harris‘ senior staff is shaping up to be a proper representation of the voters who are largely credited for her and Joe Biden‘s historic election. Not only are the top three staffers Black but […]
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I’m Not Yet Ready to Abandon the Possibility of America | The Atlantic
I wrote my book for young people—as an invitation to bring about, through hard work, determination, and a big dose of imagination, an America that finally aligns with all that is best in us. — Story by BARACK OBAMA, THE ATLANTIC The Atlantic is pleased to offer, below, an adapted and updated excerpt from former President […]
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Sean Hannity’s Tweet Calling Out Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Voter Registration Message Backfires | HuffPost
The progressive representative put the Fox News host in his place, simply asking: Where is the lie? — KIMBERLEY RICHARDS, HUFFPOST Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) had one question for Fox News host Sean Hannity after he attempted to call out the representative for her tweet about Election Day registration in Minnesota: “Where is the lie”? On Tuesday, […]
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