Tag: African American Politics

Black Farmer Says Trump’s Trade War, Shutdown Have Sliced His Profit Margins In Half | Atlanta Black Star

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Tanasia Kenney, Atlanta Black Star | Eddie Cotton, 82, Hermanville, MS, clears a field for a fall crop of hay, using a 40-yr-old tractor. He is among thousands of black farmers denied federal loans in past years. “They took away my ability to provide for my family,” he says of the discrimination. ©Robin Nelson/ZUMA. Featured […]

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NAACP Town Hall Extols the Power of the Black Woman | The Washington Informer

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Stacy Brown, The Washington Informer [dropcap]The[/dropcap] NAACP on Tuesday hosted its first tele-town hall of 2019, and it was all about the power of women — particularly Black women. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “As we celebrate Founder’s Day and also the 90th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, one of the things critically important with leadership is […]

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How Kamala Harris, a Tweet and a Pink and Green ‘Screech’ Proves We Need More Black Journalists | The Root

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Michael Harriot, The Root [dropcap]Just[/dropcap] below the reported Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; immediately after the quiet white kid in class wearing the trenchcoat who doodles swastikas in the margins of his Social Studies book; ranks the third-place winner of people you don’t want mad at you: Black women. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] So it is with […]

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Julián Castro announces he is running for president in 2020 – live updates | CBS

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ED O’KEEFE, HOLLY ROSENKRANTZ, GRACE SEGERS, CBS Castro: Beowulf Sheehan. Featured Image [dropcap]Julián[/dropcap] Castro, the former Obama Housing and Urban Development secretary, announced that he is running for president in 2020 Saturday, after forming a presidential exploratory committee in December. Castro is speaking in San Antonio, his hometown and the city where he served as […]

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Lauren Underwood sworn in as youngest ever black woman in Congress; Illinois’ freshmen Democrats vote Pelosi for speaker | Chicago Tribune

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Patrick M. O’Connell, Chicago Tribune Photo By: R. Dione Foto (www.rdionefoto.com). Featured Image [dropcap]Three[/dropcap] new Illinois Democrats were sworn into Congress on Thursday, capping a blue wave that helped the party win the U.S. House and taking their seats amid ongoing partisan wars over President Donald Trump, his policies and a federal government shutdown that […]

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