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'Dark Money' Group Cited The leader of the Oklahoma Democratic Party recently asked two prosecuting attorneys to investigate a group that has sent what she said were misleading mailers against…

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Now, President Donald Trump is using military helicopters ― along with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades ― to intimidate Americans protesting racism and police brutality outside the White

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Voting Delays, Long Lines Bring Chaos to Georgia Primaries

ATLANTA (AP) — Voters waited as long as five hours to cast ballots in some Georgia precincts on Tuesday amid reports of voting machine malfunctions and high turnout in a state that President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are expected to hotly contest in the

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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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Dave Chappelle Drops Surprise Special, Rips Candace Owens

Comedian Dave Chappelle released a half-hour comedy special early Friday morning in which he ripped Republican pundit Candace Owens, CNN host Don Lemon, and Fox News host Laura

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Protestors Slam Tallahassee’s Past Police Shootings After Black Person Is Killed By Cop

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Black Lives Matter Has Been Doing The Work To 'Defund The Police' For Years

LOS ANGELES — On Monday, after the Los Angeles Police Department spent days violently attacking people protesting police brutality and racism, the City Council appeared set to allow a new budget — which would allocate nearly 54% of the city’s discretionary spending to the LAPD — to go into

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Hugo Black , in full Hugo La Fayette Black (born February 27, 1886, Harlan, Clay county, Alabama, U.S.—died September 25, 1971, Bethesda, Maryland), lawyer, politician, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1937–71). Black’s legacy as a Supreme Court justice derives from

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Barack Obamas campaign for the Presidency in 2008 has been described by many political analysts as brilliant and virtually flawless. Despite his inexperience in national politics and limited experience in state politics (Obama was first elected to political office in 1994), he assembled

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Nationwide Protests Over Death of African American Man Continue

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Jennifer Carroll Foy Jumps Into Virginia Governor's Race, Hoping To Make History

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The Deep Roots Of Louisville’s Rage Over The Police Killing Of Breonna Taylor

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AP FACT CHECK: Faulty Trump claims on virus drug, vote fraud | The Atlanta Voice

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Lee, Barbara J. (1946 - )

California Congresswoman Barbara Jean Lee, a self-described “Army brat,” has consistently been one of the most outspoken critics of the Iraq War. She has also called for the creation of a Department of Peace as a cabinet level agency in the federal

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Jon Ossoff wins Georgia US Senate Democratic primary after major voting delays | The Atlanta Voice

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Archdiocese of Baltimore Archbishop urges more coronavirus testing for hard-hit Latino, African American areas

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Millennial Politicians Fight for Equity in D.C. | Afro

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Smith, Samuel J. (1922-1995)

Samuel J. Smith, a Washington State Legislator and Seattle City Councilmember was born on July 21, 1922, in Gibsland, Louisiana. Listening to speeches by Franklin Roosevelt broadcast on radio in the early 1930s persuaded young Smith that he wanted a future in

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Chicago Investigating Officers ‘Lounging’ During Unrest

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