By Ariana Proehl, KQEDPhoto, Woman in downtown San Francisco on Market Street. (Kenneth P. Green Sr.) You know that curiosity that pops up sometimes when you’re in a gallery and you’re looking at a really good photo of a stranger? And the spirit of it, the everyday-ness of it, makes you want to know the person’s story? Were […]
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‘World’s Richest Negro Girl’ inspired media ridicule, fascination, alarm
Sarah Rector was 11 when oil was discovered on her land in Oklahoma in 1913. Her sudden wealth became the object of racist news coverage. By Sydney Trent, Washington PostPhoto, Sarah Rector with her nephew, Chester E. Brown Jr., in 1960 (Family photo) Deborah Brown grew up calling her “Aunt Sister,” and she remembersher storied […]
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Four Proud Boys Convicted of Sedition in Key Jan. 6 Case | The New York Times
The verdict was a blow against the far-right group and another milestone in the Justice Department’s prosecution of the pro-Trump rioters who stormed the Capitol.
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Biden’s Pick for Defense Secretary Unlikely to Be in Job on Administration’s First Day | The New York Times
The nominee, Lloyd J. Austin III, a retired four-star Army general, must obtain a congressional exemption from a law that bars recent active-duty officers from serving in the top Pentagon job. — Jennifer Steinhauer, The New York Times WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is facing an arduous struggle to get his choice […]
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Racism Informs the Lies of American Exceptionalism | ZORA
Goodbye to four years of lies. Hello to four years of (hopefully) truth. — Danielle Moodie, ZORA Two years ago, during a bipartisan meeting with senators, President Donald Trump referred to Haiti, and then other nations on the African continent, as “shithole countries.” This was in response to Haiti being granted special consideration for immigration, to which the […]
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Texas GOP Chair Suggests Secession After Supreme Court Shoots Down Election Lawsuit | Slate
— Daniel Politi, Slate The head of the Texas Republican Party threw what amounts to a tantrum after the Supreme Court decided to shoot down the effort by the state to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory. Texas GOP chair Allen West issued a statement saying that “perhaps” it’s time for “law-abiding states to bond together and form […]
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Puerto Rico unearths uncounted ballots 1 week after election | AP
— DÁNICA COTO, AP SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s elections commission said Tuesday that it has discovered more than 100 briefcases containing uncounted ballots a week after the U.S. territory held its general election, drawing criticism and scorn from voters who now question the validity of the outcomes of certain races. Francisco […]
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s claims on vaccine, election are wrong | AP News
— HOPE YEN, LAURAN NEERGAARD and LINDA A. JOHNSON, AP NEWS WASHINGTON (AP) — Refusing to concede a presidential election he lost, President Donald Trump sought falsely to take full credit for drugmaker Pfizer Inc.’s announcement that its COVID-19 vaccine may be 90% effective, wrongly asserted the vaccine news was delayed until after Election Day to undermine him and […]
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Baltimore Elects Democrat Brandon Scott As Its Youngest Mayor Ever | Black Enterprise
— DANA GIVENS, BLACK ENTERPRISE Previously, BLACK ENTERPRISE reported on politician and city council president Brandon Scott’sbid to become the next mayor of Baltimore after securing the Democratic nomination. This week, news broke that Scott, 36, had officially won the election, making him the youngest mayor for more than a century to hold office in the city. The historic win […]
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The Election That Could Break America | The Atlantic
If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him? — BARTON GELLMAN, THE ATLANTIC There is a cohort of close observers of our presidential elections, scholars and lawyers and political strategists, who find themselves in the uneasy position of intelligence analysts in the […]
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