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‘The Lord has held my hand this whole time’ — Cyntoia Brown Granted Clemency
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia At long last, one of the greatest injustices in recent history has been corrected. The Associated Press reports that Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency on Monday to a woman serving a life sentence for murder who says she was a victim of sex trafficking. The outgoing…
Read MoreMichelle Obama Co-Chairs ‘When We All Vote’
By Lauren Victoria Burke When We All Vote, a non-partisan organization inspiring voter turnout in the run up to Election Day in November, is working on a National Week of Action. Former First Lady Michelle Obama is serving as a co-chair. “When We All Vote, we get new ideas and new energy. We get leaders…
Read MoreAmerica at a Crossroads: The Dangers of Trump’s Personalized Presidency
By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III (TriceEdneyWire.com) – “We must never underestimate the blindness that attends arrogance. We don’t see with our eyes; we see with a combination of the heart and the mind. Arrogance poisons our ability to assess properly reality…Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.” Minister Louis Farrakhan,…
Read MorePresident Barack Obama Announces First Wave of Midterm Endorsements
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Contributor Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were recently caught on video dancing at a Beyoncé and Jay-Z concert in Landover, Md. Now, the Obamas are back to business, announcing that they’ve endorsed dozens of candidates in advance of November’s all-important mid-term elections. This large, diverse…
Read MoreCalifornia Prosecutor Michael Selyem Says He’s Surprised “Ghetto” Maxine Waters Hasn’t Been Shot
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Michael Selyem, a deputy district attorney in San Bernardino County, California, is in hot water for attacking Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) in a series of unhinged social media posts. The San Bernardino Sun reported, that Selyem, a top gang prosecutor, “has been placed on paid leave pending the…
Read MoreOpposition Mounts for Trump’s SCOTUS Pick
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Contributor If President Donald Trump’s last Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is any indication, his latest pick in Brett Kavanaugh will do the civil rights community no favors, National Urban League President Marc Morial said following the announcement of the president’s high court nominee. Morial wasn’t alone, as many others joined…
Read MoreRep. Barbara Lee Considers Run for Chair of the Democratic Caucus
By Freddie Allen, Editor-in-Chief, NNPA Newswire and BlackPressUSA.com Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) said that she’s seriously considering running for Chairman of the Democratic Caucus, the fourth-highest ranking position in Democratic leadership in the United States House of Representatives. “Given where our party is and the direction that it needs to go in…my history and experience…
Read MoreAll Eyes on US Supreme Court: Fiery Nomination Battle Expected
By Barrington M. Salmon (TriceEdneyWire.com) – President Donald Trump has announced his choice for the next U. S. Supreme Court justice. He is U. S. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh of Washington, D.C., a nominee who has already drawn fire from Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and the NAACP. “Brett Kavanaugh is a dangerous ideologue whose extreme…
Read MoreNAACP Reacts to the Retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy
Venerable civil rights organization NAACP issued the following statement regarding the announced retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. Justice Kennedy played a pivotal role on the Supreme Court for thirty years. He was the deciding vote in many close cases involving civil rights and civil liberties. Without his moderating influence, the balance on the Court could…
Read More2020 Census Offers Big Benefit – $988 Per Person Counted, Expert Says
By Khalil Abdullah Like a massive Atlantic wave quietly swelling, then forcefully breaking on the shores of the Outer Banks, controversies about the 2020 Census are disrupting North Carolina’s status quo well before the final count results two years from now. “I feel an undercount coming,” said Octavia Rainey, “a national undercount, as well as…
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