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The Measure of a President

By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq (TriceEdneyWire.com) – As a student of philosophical principles, I am aware of the school of thought that does not believe in the existence of “NORMAL” as a universal state of being. A testament to that idea is the fact that each of us has a unique set of experiences

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

OP-ED: Moving Forward with Police Reform | Afro

By Leonard Hamm, Richard Hite Jr., Wendell France, Henry Martin and Barry W. Powell Police departments across the country are caught up in the public outcry for police reform. Demonstrations have taken place in major cities, not only in the United States but also in other countries such as Canada

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Too Much Sauce: D.C. Mayor Slammed Over BBQ Diss

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is a busy woman: She is deftly balancing life as a high-profile elected leader, and, as a single mother, she is also taking charge of a new baby. Bowser, 46, is perhaps the only big-city mayor who has adopted a child as a single mom while still in office. She is []

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Source: Black America Web

Five Minutes Before the Klan Shows Up | Afro

By Dr. Kaye Whitehead As someone who grew up in Jim Crow South Carolina, my father likes to call himself a survivor. He looked White supremacy and racial hatred in the eye, and though he has not won, he wants to note that he has not lost, not yet. When I was in

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Donte Palmer Advocates For Fathers In Viral Diaper Change Photo

Donte Palmer, a high school teacher and parent, isn’t asking for too much: He simply wants restaurants and public places to install changing tables in men’s bathrooms so fathers can change their kid’s diapers in a clean and comfortable environment. A photo of Palmer crouching on the floor of

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Source: Black America Web

LOOTERS, LOWLIFES, AND LIARS | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Julianne Malveaux According to the Washington Post, the 45th President told 19,126 lies between his inauguration in 2017 and June 1, 2020. By now, the number has likely edged toward 20,000, as his Tulsa “rally” yielded dozens more. This President has no allegiance to the truth, but that’s no

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Quick Look 2020 Mercedes Benz AMG GT R | BlackPressUSA

Quick Look 2020 Mercedes Benz AMG GT R 4.0 L V8 BiTurbo Engine 577 HP @ 516 lb-ft Torque AMG SpeedShift DCT 7 Speed Automatic Transmission Exterior Color:: Solarbeam Yellow Metallic Interior Color: Black Nappa/ Exclusive with Yellow Stitching 15 MPG City, 20 MPG Highway, 17 MPG Combined

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

COMMENTARY: Newsom’s confusing COVID-19 decrees

BLACK VOICE NEWS — “When you have people that are struggling and suffering with severe mental health and brain health issues, when people are not attending to their physical and emotional needs, those social determinants of health also must be considered,” Newsom said on June 15. “We have to

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

FILM REVIEW: Blue Story | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The leads are magnetic: Stephen Odubola as the African/English Timmy has a gentleness about him that makes you gasp when his behavior becomes more sinister. Michael Ward’s Marco brings that cool West Indian vibe to the party. The ensemble cast plays friends, bangers, siblings and

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

THE CULTURAL COACH: Is it wrong for White people to protect their heritage? - TSDMemphis.com

Dear Cultural Coach: When immigrants keep their old customs and values, it changes our community. Their music is different, and there are shows in foreign languages on my TV. We are losing the home we once knew. People are walking around speaking a language we can’t understand. Businesses post

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

Greenleaf: OWN Network Hit is the Number One Cable Telecast for Women 25-54

NNPA NEWSWIRE — OWN was Tuesday night’s #2 cable network among women 25-54 with “Greenleaf” the #1 cable telecast in the key demo. OWN was Tuesday night’s #1 network on all of television, including broadcast and cable, for African American women and total viewers. Currently, OWN has four of the Top

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Citizens and Police Interaction - The Next Step - My WordPress

Commentary By Clarence Bradford I have spoken and written about “Citizens and Police Interaction - The Next Necessary Step!” As chaos and destruction have captured Minneapolis, and other American cities; again I will sound the alarm and make a sound recommendation regarding how to start amending

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Source: Houston Sun Community Newspaper-0

Not Hiring: Georgia Mayor Allegedly Says Her City Isnt Ready For Black Employees

If you’re Black and applying for a job in the mostly all-white town of Hoschton, Georgia, you may want to reconsider: The Mayor doesn’t want you. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mayor Theresa Kenerly told a member of the City Council she yanked the resume of Keith Henry from a group

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Source: Black America Web

COMMENTARY: Wear Your Armor | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — How do we put on spiritual armor? We do so by daily absorbing scripture as truth, living in obedience to God, sharing the gospel and trusting Christ. That’s how to put armor on, study the Word, live according to biblical principles and believe that we live in a place infused with

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Quick Look 2020 Buick Enclave Avenir FWD

Quick Look 2020 Buick Enclave Avenir FWD 3.6 L V6 Engine 310 HP @266 lb-ft Torque 9 Speed Automatic Transmission Exterior Color: Rich Garnet Metallic Interior Color: Chestnut with Ebony Accents 18 MPG City, 26 MPG Highway, 21 MPG Combined MSRP: $57,090.00 Pros * Luxurious Interior * Very Smooth

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

The Struggle Continues - My WordPress

Commentary Franklin Jones, Ph.D. Social upheavals and their suppressions have been a routine fixture in the American landscape. They have been characterized differently by those who supported them and those who did not. The ones most likely to be explained in a less than favorable light are those

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Source: Houston Sun Community Newspaper

COMMENTARY: Real Table Talk | Afro

By Chaplain Debbie Walker, BSN, RN, OCN, Texas Metro News Contributor Take a seat, take a breath, and let me walk you through a straightforward and truthful perspective on this new entity that is the topic of our conversations nowadays, Coronavirus, or COVID-19 which is now a part of everyday

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

No Economic Victory Lap - Houston Forward Times

The June Employment Situation report, released on July 2, showed a continued decline in the The post No Economic Victory Lap appeared first on Houston Forward Times.

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM TUES. 6.23.20 7PM ET — BIG DADDY KANE (King Asiatic Nobodys Equal) (1)

Big Daddy Kane (Antonio Hardy) — Grammy Award winner, rapper and actor — started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap collective the Juice Crew. Kane is one of the most influential and skilled MCs in hip hop history. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Kanes legendary Aint No Half-Steppin' #25 on

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

National Wax Museum Marks 25 Years for Its Lynching Exhibit | Afro

By Dr. Joanne M. Martin It took a camera phone and shocked eye-witnesses to the in-plain-sight death of George Floyd to bring mass attention to the killing of countless numbers of mainly Black men in America by the police. It took ten minutes and nine seconds on her iphone for 17-year-old Darnella

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Best Detailed Walkaround 2020 Cadillac XT6 Premium Luxury FWD SUV | BlackPressUSA

Detailed Walkaround 2020 Cadillac XT6 Premium Luxury FWD SUV 2020 Cadillac XT6 Premium Luxury FWD SUV 3.6 L V6 Engine 9 Speed Automatic Transmission Exterior Color: Dark Mocha Metallic Interior Color: Jet Black w/ Jet Black Accents 18 MPG City, 25 MPG Highway, 20 MPG Combined MSRP: $68,890.00 Pros

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

The Sword of The Black Press | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — After graduating from Georgia State in 1972, Gantt was awarded a graduate fellowship to enroll at the Washington Journalism Center. While there, he worked as a U.S. Capitol correspondent, reporter and documentary producer for National Public Radio. His 1973 documentary about gospel

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

EXCLUSIVE OP-ED: Time to Work Together to Strengthen Relationships Between Law Enforcement and Black Communities | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Recent protests in communities across the country, including in my home city of Louisville, suggest that many see the blindfold worn by Lady Justice not as an indication of blind justice, but as blinders to the many issues facing our society. Chief among these issues is the current

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Is Prison 'A Death Sentence' for Correctional Staff and Our Communities?

By Dr. Valda Crowder, M.D., MBA What happens in prison does not stay in prison. The cell blocks and bars give us a false sense of containment. Nothing could be further from the truth. According to the Justice Department, 'The average time served by state prisoners released in 2016, from initial

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Donald Trump is More Focused on Saving Statues of Slaveholders & Confederate Generals than Protecting Americans from the Coronavirus - New Orleans Data News Weekly

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) “One would hope that the president of the United States would rise to the level of leadership that our country needs in confronting the deadly uptick in coronavirus cases in

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

AUTONETWORK: 2020 Lexus GS 350 F Sport | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Lexus has done a great job camouflaging the fact that the GS platform is aged. The car was last redesigned in 2012. In fact, it was the first Lexus to have the spindle grille. But the CD player gives away the age of the platform. Still it was and is a good car.

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

The Symbol of the Bended Knee - My WordPress

Commentary Andrea Shelton, Ph.D. The human knee has gotten a lot of press lately. Governmental authorities had a knee jerk reaction to the thousands of protestors around the country, ordering troops to prepare to curtail peaceful activities. Protestors have been kneeling, often with police, in

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Source: Houston Sun Community Newspaper

OpEd: D.C. Must Support At-Risk Students | Afro

By Dr. Ramona Edelin Special to the AFRO As the District of Columbia begins the hard work of repairing the damage wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic, the D.C. Council faces severe budgetary challenges. The recessionary lockdown it prompted, shuttered schools that have been disrupted and the set

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Trump Month In Review: September

President Donald Trump’s ongoing troubles with women just got worse. Trump’s unwavering support for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh who has been accused of sexual misconduct by three women– could hurt Republican candidates during the upcoming mid-term elections in November and could

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Source: Black America Web

Op-ed Submission: Black Enterprise CEO: I Am TiredThe Pandemic Of Racism Must End | Afro

Over the past few days, civil unrest has gripped our entire nation. This was due to the unwarranted and senseless murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week by a police officer who placed his knee on the neck of Mr. Floyd for nine minutes as he begged for his life, while three other officers

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