6 Months After Attack On U.S. Capitol, Corporate Pledges Fall Flat

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6 Months After Attack On U.S. Capitol, Corporate Pledges Fall Flat

Many companies have resumed donations to lawmakers who supported the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, despite initially pledging not to finance insurrectionists.

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By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — Angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in a chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power, forcing lawmakers to be rushed from the building and interrupting challenges to Joe

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We can’t let this moment pass | New Pittsburgh Courier

(NNPA)—This week, I convened a bipartisan group of Senators to read aloud Martin Luther King Jr.’s “A Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” This was the second year I’ve done this, and I hope to make it an annual tradition. I was struck by the thought of Dr. King in a small, dirty jail cell writing

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Public comments now accepted to remove the MPD from the...

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At least 140 Republicans expected to vote against Electoral College count - TheGrio

Despite there being virtually no chance of overturning the 2020 presidential election, at least 140 House Republicans plan to vote... View Article The post At least 140 Republicans expected to vote against Electoral College count appeared first on TheGrio.

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Donald Trump a Voice of Reason on Police Reform.

Then Trump signed the order in the Rose Garden flanked by law enforcement leaders who support the administration's reforms. When former President Bill Clinton worked with both sides on an issue, they called it

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After a Century of Land Theft and Exclusion, Black Farmers Getting Needed Government Aid – Free Press of Jacksonville

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (Source: www.balckpressusa.com) - The Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act would provide $5 billion to America’s Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and farmers of [...]

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Watt, Melvin Luther (1945- )

Carolina in the 20th century, Mel Watts is a current member of the United States House of Representatives. Watts was born on August 26, 1945 in the small community of Steele Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and attended high school in Charlotte. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science

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Kevin C. Riley for New York City Council | New York Carib News

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(1918) Rev. Francis J. Grimke, “Victory for the Allies and the United States a Ground of Rejoicing, of Thanksgiving”

Francis J. Grimke was born a slave in Charleston, South Carolina on November 4, 1850. After the war he and his older brother, Archibald, went north to Lincoln University. Francis graduated from Lincoln in 1870. After working briefly at Lincoln, Grimke attended Princeton Theological Seminary from

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Knight delivers last lick - Opposition senator condemns thievery in Government; Johnson Smith accuses him of misleading public

Firebrand opposition senator K.D. Knight used the last sitting of the Senate before the September 3 general election to rip into the Holness administration, alleging a culture of fraud and nepotism. Knight pooh-poohed the Government’s management of...

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Thank Stacey Abrams By Listening To The Black Women In Your Life

While the nation is celebrating Stacey Abrams for the work she did in helping to secure the senate runoffs, we're hoping that this praise and admiration for Black women extends to those who aren't in public life.

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‘Dismantling Democracy’: Republicans’ Latest Filibuster Is Another Attempt To ‘Kill Black Voting Power’

Democrats were sent back to square one after Senate Republicans used a filibuster to block the For The People Act -- legislation that would have overhauled U.S. elections and greatly benefitted Black voters, in particular.

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Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft (1902-1985) and the Long Civil Rights Movement in Texas

A small but growing number of black women are slowly being recognized for their contributions to the “long” civil rights movement, the nearly century-long struggle by African Americans against all forms of racial discrimination. In the account below University of Texas-El Paso

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#Election2020: Biden and Trump make closing arguments in Georgia Senate runoff election | The Atlanta Voice

Monday afternoon, President-elect Joe Biden arrived in Atlanta with one message on his mind: take control of the Senate. His speech laid bare what was a stake for Democrats, a Senate led by the current majority leader Mitch McConnell that seeks to obstruct any semblance of a progressive

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Somalia - 'Prioritise the National Interest' International Partners Urge, As Political Stalemate Continues

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Dunn pledges water upgrade in first 100 days

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Kamala Takes the Kitchen • EBONY

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Bernicat, Marcia Stephens Bloom (1957- )

Born in Tinton Falls, New Jersey in 1957, Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat earned a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1975. Thinking she might teach overseas, Bernicat earned a teaching credential in social sciences at the secondary level. Rather than

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Kenya: IEBC to Hold By-Elections Under MoH-Compliant COVID-19 Protocols

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Somali opposition leaders 'no longer recognise president' | News24

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VIDEO: Endangered Maine senator calls for focusing coronavirus relief on small businesses

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Muhammad, Khalid Abdul (1948-2001)

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CARICOM should formulate Convention on Electoral Systems - Stabroek News

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