New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a victory in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to demand a question about citizenship information on the 2020 census.
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Essence Honors Black Women in Hollywood | Colorlines
Regina Hall, KiKi Layne, Jenifer Lewis and Amandla Stenberg each have their own cover.
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Suspected separatists in Cameroon ‘kidnap 30’ people | Al Jazeera
The people were kidnapped after suspected separatists attacked buses in the country’s troubled Southwest Region.
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Fight For $15 Minimum Wage Back at Forefront in Md. | The Washington Informer
William J. Ford, The Washington Informer | AP Photo/Mary Altaffer. Featured Image [dropcap]ANNAPOLIS[/dropcap]— State lawmakers, activists, business owners and workers held a press conference Monday inside the House of Delegates in support of raising Maryland’s minimum hourly wage to $15. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Many of the same proponents gathered in the same room at the same […]
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Top 12 Scholarship Programs For Black/ African American Students in 2019 | African American News & Issues
Nationwide — The new year has settled in, and most students are already back to their normal school routine. Also, many are realizing that the summer is fast approaching and…
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Alicia Keys Will Be the First Female Grammy Host in 14 Years | Slate
The 2019 Grammy Awards has found its host. A year following #GrammysSoMale, the Recording Academy announced that 15-time Grammy Award-winning artist Alicia Keys will host the Feb. 10 show in Los Angeles.
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Chelsea face partial stadium closure over alleged racist chanting by fans | The Guardian
Dominic Fifield, The Guardian | Raheem Sterling in action for Manchester City against Chelsea at the weekend. Getty Images. Featured Image [dropcap]Chelsea[/dropcap] face the partial closure of Stamford Bridge in the Europa League after Uefa opened disciplinary proceedings over allegations that their travelling supporters engaged in racist chanting during the draw at Vidi last month. […]
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Why Republicans Finally Moved Against Steve King | The Atlantic
Elections have consequences, and the Iowa conservative’s sudden vulnerability back home gave House GOP leaders the permission they needed to act against his latest racist comments.
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NAACP Town Hall Extols the Power of the Black Woman | The Washington Informer
Stacy Brown, The Washington Informer [dropcap]The[/dropcap] NAACP on Tuesday hosted its first tele-town hall of 2019, and it was all about the power of women — particularly Black women. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “As we celebrate Founder’s Day and also the 90th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, one of the things critically important with leadership is […]
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How Tarell Alvin McCraney Moved from ‘Moonlight’ to Broadway — and Beyond | The New York Times Magazine
His play ‘Choir Boy’ just opened. His next film will air on Netflix. What ties his work together? Plumbing the depths of black beauty and grief.
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