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Mourners will be able to view George Floyd’s casket Monday in his hometown of Houston, the final stop of a series of memorials in his
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Women’s Group Rips Biden Vetting Klobuchar And Demands A VP Running Mate Of Color
Aimee Allison of She the People, which describes itself as “a national network connecting women of color to transform our democracy,” used no uncertain terms to implore Biden to look elsewhere for his running mate — specifically in the direction of a woman of
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Biden: If you can't choose me over Trump, 'you ain't black'
ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Biden suggested on Friday that African Americans who back President Donald Trump “ain’t black,” comments that stirred controversy over whether he was being condescending to voters who could decide whether he wins the White
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New Poll Reveals America’s Strong Desire for Michelle Obama to Lead as Vice President
Democrats are not letting go of the idea of nominating former first lady Michelle Obama as the vice president for the 2020 presidential
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Biden Hires Chávez Granddaughter To Help On Latino Outreach
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden‘s presidential campaign is bringing on the granddaughter of civil rights leader César Chávez as a senior adviser to help with Latino outreach and building out its operation in the
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Trump rally on Juneteenth in Tulsa called 'slap in the face'
OKLAHOMA CITY — Black community and political leaders are calling on President Donald Trump to at least change the date of an Oklahoma rally kick-starting his return to public campaigning, saying that holding the event on Juneteenth, the day that marks the end of slavery in America, is a “slap in
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Joe Biden’s Plan for Empowering Black America
In a news release, the campaign noted that Biden “knows we need a comprehensive agenda for African Americans with an ambition that matches the scale of the challenge and with a recognition that race-neutral policies are not a sufficient response to race-based
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Analysis | The Daily 202: D.C. surpasses 500 coronavirus deaths; nearly 3 in 4 have been African American
Public health experts say the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on communities of color should be seen as an exclamation point in the national conversation about the systemic barriers to racial
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Biden made a stupid comment, but it doesn’t make him bad –
Former Vice President Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic nominee for President, recently appeared on a Black media talk show and suggested that Black voters that don’t know the difference between Biden and incumbent President Donald Trump
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African-American activists escalating efforts to persuade Biden not to pick Klobuchar for VP
African-American activists are escalating their efforts to persuade former Vice President Joe Biden not to name Sen. Amy Klobuchar as his running mate, arguing he needs to choose someone who would excite black
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Biden Says He Would Not Pardon Trump or Block Investigations
The former vice president made his statement in response to a voter who asked him on Lawrence O’Donnell’s show, “The Last Word,” whether he would “commit to not pulling a Gerald Ford in giving Donald Trump a pardon under the pretense of healing the
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Citing Jobs, Trump Claims Victory Over Virus, Econ Collapse
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump effectively claimed victory over the economic crisis and COVID-19 on Friday and major progress against racial inequity, heartily embracing an unexpectedly good jobs report in hopes of convincing a discouraged nation he deserves another four years in
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Joe Biden endorsed by Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
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Biden Meets With Black Leaders at Local Church Amid Unrest | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
— Joe Biden met with community leaders at a predominantly African American church in Delaware Monday morning, leaving home for a second consecutive day to address exploding racial tensions that have begun to reshape the upcoming presidential
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On January 21, President Barack Hussein Obama was inaugurated as President of the United States, beginning his second term in office.  His inauguration address appears
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Call to Defund the Police Gains Momentum in Oakland
Major cities like Los Angeles and New York City have taken steps to reduce the budgets of their police departments – and in Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered last month, the City Council announced plans to completely dismantle the city’s police
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OP-ED: Joe Biden Attacks Freethinking Black Americans while President Trump Empowers Them
At the end of a recent interview on the very popular radio show, “The Breakfast Club,” Joe Biden said, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you
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Biden’s disillusion of having a Black female VP –
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What is Trump trying to achieve with 'Obamagate?' | The Atlanta Voice
What’s clear is that President Trump is attacking Obama with the goal of discrediting his opponent in 2020: Joe
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms And Florida Rep. Val Demings Join Joe Biden’s Shortlist Of VP Contenders
After Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the presidential race, MadameNoire came up with our own list of powerful political women who we thought might make a good Vice Presidential candidate, for Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential
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NFL Announces Major Steps to Incentivize Teams to Hire Minorities for Top Posts
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US faces Memorial Day like no other
ATLANTA, United States (AP) — Americans marked a Memorial Day like no other yesterday as the coronavirus pandemic upended traditional commemorations and forced communities to honour the nation's military dead with smaller, more subdued ceremonies like car convoys and online tributes instead of
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Charlamagne Tha God responds to Biden 'You ain't Black' backlash
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Obama's Popularity Continues to Rise Amid Trump's Rhetoric
I think he’s extremely popular right now because Trump has pretty much failed in every way possible – especially on the points where he said he could and would do things better than Obama did,” New York resident Alicia Butler told NNPA
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Blacks see Trump as greatest threat
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