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Black women appeal to Black men: ‘Show up for us and with us at the ballot box’ | New Pittsburgh Courier
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia After hip-hop Icon Ice Cube revealed that he’s working with President Donald Trump on a Contract with Black America, Black women wondered, “what’s in it for us?” Ina blistering op-ed and retort to Cube’s actions, writer
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NNPA publishers respond to Joe Biden’s commitment and plan for Black America | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent The commitment by Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden to help increase opportunities and recognize the plight of African Americans as outlined in an exclusive editorial with Black Press USAresonated quite loudly with African American
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Stephanie Mills Says Nick Cannon And Kanye West Are Acting Like ‘Paid Slaves’ Over Presidential Run
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Biden Inches Closer to Victory | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While Biden is on the verge of being recognized as the presumptive nominee, tabulations from Georgia and North Carolina have also produced Senate races that are likely headed to a January runoff to determine the upper chamber's control.
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Pandemic Forces Families Thanksgiving Traditions to Online Platforms
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It’s more important than ever to double down on personal safety and public health precautions. Wear a mask, wash your hands, maintain physical distance, and avoid crowds, particularly if you are in a high-risk group,” said Dr. Tom Kenyon, the former director of the Center for
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Killing of Black Teenager, Quawan “Bobby” Charles, was ‘Emmett Till-like Lynching’ Says Local Residents - Voice and Viewpoint
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent “Many say Charles’ body resembles 14-year-old Emmett Till who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman in her family’s grocery store,” reported the news website, The NC Beat, which published
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Presidential Race Might be Too Close to Call, but Racism is the Real Winner
With the stunningly close election and with the GOP likely retaining control of the Senate, many say they’ve come to understand a sobering fact: America’s standing on race, women’s rights, and equal opportunity hasn’t been this obvious since slavery.
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WATCH: NNPA to Broadcast Live 2020 Election Night Coverage
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Throughout the evening, staff members from many of the 230 publications and media companies in the Black Press family will join the broadcast to provide updates from battleground and swing states like Ohio, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, Arizona, Virginia, and
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Black Press Publisher on Her Respect and Commitment to Kamala Harris: ‘It Had to Be You’
One day before the Associated Press and other media outlets called the 2020 presidential election for Democrat Joe Biden, San Francisco Sun-Reporter Publisher Amelia Ashley-Ward communicated with her longtime homegirl Kamala Harris.
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Voter Suppression Tactics and Long Lines Fail to Quell Resolve of Black Voters
The lines are long, but Black voters are demonstrating their will to vote.
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Voter Suppression Includes Long Lines Faced by Minority Communities
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Stephanie Mills Talks About Music, Social Justice and Her Son’s New Book - Free Press of Jacksonville
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New Coronavirus Vaccine Requires ‘Trust’ of African American Community
News that Pfizer and BioNTech’s announcement that their coronavirus vaccine was more than 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 among those without previous infection arrives as the United States continues to realize record-breaking new cases.
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With Scores of Ballots Still Being Counted, America Must Wait for the Final Tally
In a year when the coronavirus pandemic has devastated millions in the U.S., when individuals like George Floyd and Breonna Taylor joined a growing list of African-American victims of police violence and when people around the world began noticing that Black lives do matter, voters took pains to
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NNPA Publishers Respond to Joe Biden’s Commitment and Plan for Black America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There is a legacy of racism and inequality that lives still in our institutions, our laws, and in too many people’s hearts that makes it harder for Black people to succeed,” Biden wrote in the 1,047-word column published Oct. 19, 2020 on the NNPA Newswire Service. “These are facts
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Trump, Biden Spar over COVID-19, Obamacare in Final Debate Before Election Day
President Donald Trump faced down his enemies — real and perceived — as he and Democratic nominee Joe Biden squared off Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee, for the final debate of the 2020 election season.
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NNPA President, Chavis, Launches New Public Broadcasting Show Chronicling Black Lives | Muslim Journal
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia With a soulful sound completed by thumping bass and a picturesque view of the wind blowing the American flag over the White House, civil rights icon and National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO
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Senate Committee Grill Facebook, Google and Twitter During Hearing on Local News
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The report, titled, “Local Journalism: America’s Most Trusted News Sources Threatened,” sought to emphasize the role of a free press in a thriving democracy, define the challenges facing local news outlets, and encourage bipartisan support for both short and long-term federal
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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 7.10.20 7PM ET: STEPHANIE MILLS | BlackPressUSA
#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM 7.10.20 7PM ET — STEPHANIE MILLS — Streaming live During the 1980s, Mills scored five Number 1 RB hits, including "Home", "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love", "I Feel Good All Over", "(You're Puttin') A Rush on Me" and "Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)". Mills
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Biden Says He'll Turn to Science and Experts to Defeat COVID | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The public will immediately notice a vast change in science messaging from the White House,” said Lawrence Gostin, director of Georgetown University’s O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, told USA Today. “The Biden administration will both convey pro-science
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Trump Son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner Sounds 'Dog Whistle' on Fox News | BlackP
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Calling out African Americans in a Fox News interview, Kushner left little doubt about the Trump clan’s mindset. “President Trump’s policies are the policies that can help people break out of the problems that they’re complaining about, but he can’t want them to be successful more
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GOP Gets Court Backing in Suppressing the Vote in Battleground States
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a furious struggle over voting rights. In almost every instance, Democrats are trying to make it easier for Americans to cast ballots, and Republicans are trying to make it harder,” The New York Times reported on Wednesday, October
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Biden Inches Closer to Victory - Voice and Viewpoint
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Black Super PAC Urges Candidates, Parties to Spend Millions with Black Businesses
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Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Rule That Would Prevent 700K From Receiving Food Stamps During Pandemic
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