Letters to the Editor — Sept. 11, 2021

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Letters to the Editor — Sept. 11, 2021

The Issue: The lack of coverage of an attack on politician Larry Elder by a woman in a gorilla mask. Terrific article by Kyle Smith (“Color blinders,” Sept. 10). He perfectly described the hypocris…

Source: New York Post

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Systemic bias has kept African Americans and women from the highest offices in Indiana

Recent Indiana history is littered with instances when party officials have worked behind the scenes to discourage women and minority candidates from seeking the highest offices to make way for white men deemed more connected, electable or better

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Source: IndyStar: Indianapolis Star, Indiana news, breaking news and sports

White rage - The Bay State Banner

Within the 74 million American voters who knowingly cast their ballots for a lying con artist, there is an underground volcano of white resentment superheated by the failure of many white Americans to actualize and achieve the American dream — a failure they blame on people of

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Source: The Bay State Banner

DEAR MR. BIDEN: NO BLACK WOMAN V.P., NO BLACK VOTE - Los Angeles Sentinel

For the past several weeks living rooms, barber shops, zoom calls and social media have been bombarded with polls, debates and even arguments, all asking the questions “Who Is The Best Choice For Vice President?” The selections may vary drastically depending on what part of the country you live

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones Announces He’s Joined GOP, Been Fighting ‘Demon Democrats’ – Free Press of Jacksonville

BY JASON LEMON (Newsweek) - Georgia state Representative Vernon Jones announced at a Wednesday protest in support of President Donald Trump that he is officially joining the Republican Party, saying that he has been fighting 'demon Democrats.' Jones [...]

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Georgia Democrats seek additional time for voters to correct rejected ballots | The Atlanta Voice

The Georgia Democratic Party is asking a county judge to grant additional time to review absentee and provisional ballots from the state’s primary earlier this week following widespread election

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

WHAT TO WATCH: Democrats open a new kind of convention - Black News Channel

By Bill Barrow Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Democratic Party will convene, sort of, amid a pandemic that has upended the usual pomp-and-circumstance of presidential nominating conventions. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez will be in Milwaukee, which he'd chosen as the 2020

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Defunding won’t reform the police department –

When a 77-year-old Black retired St. Louis Police Department captain David Dorn was shot and killed by Black looters, there was no comparable outrage by Black and White Democratic Party national political

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Source: Florida Courier

(1967) Martin Luther King, Jr., “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”

On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King gave his first major public address on the War in Vietnam at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City. In that address he articulated his reasons for his opposition to the

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NEWS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

John Wayne’s name on California airport faces new scrutiny By Amy Taxin (AP Photo, File) In the latest move to change U.S. place names tied to racist groups and ideas, leaders of Orange County’s Democratic Party are pushing to drop film legend John Wayne’s name from the county’s airport because of

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Eric Trump: Democrats designed lockdown orders to beat Trump in 2020

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Source: theGrio

Kamala Harris's Police Reform Push Becomes Running Mate Tryout

Kamala Harris’s push for police reform in the Senate is shaping up as an audition for the job of Joe Biden’s vice president, as she makes herself a highly public voice for change after years as a no-nonsense prosecutor.By promoting a bill to ban police chokeholds and make other changes -- and by

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Kanye West Thanks Candace Owens For ‘Democratic Plantation’ Book After Their ‘Blexit’ Beef

Kanye West's pledge of allegiance to Candace Owens and her new book about the "Democrat Plantation" is definitely worth taking a knee over.

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Meghan Markle And Gloria Steinem Discuss Voter Suppression In New Interview

The Duchess of Sussex and the longtime activist met for a wide-ranging conversation about politics and feminism over the weekend.

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(1871) Congressman Joseph H. Rainey, “Speech Made in Reply to An Attack Upon the Colored State Legislators of South Carolina..."

Joseph H. Rainey, “Speech Made in Reply to An Attack Upon the Colored State Legislators of South Carolina by Representative Cox on New York,” 1871

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A primary in Ohio shows the strength of mainstream, moderate Democrats - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

… . Young men in yarmulkes and African-American retirees clinked plastic cups of … . A contest led by two African-American women took the issue of …

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Source: The Economist

Veasey, Marc (1971– )

Veasey is a lifelong resident of Fort Worth, Texas, having been born there on January 3, 1971. His parents, Joseph and Connie Veasey, divorced when he was ten, prompting Marc, his brother Ryan, and his mother to move in with his maternal grandmother. Prior to this move, the family had been

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ANC and allies to take a stand against racism and police brutality on Black Friday

This will also be used to take a stand against the country's own security forces which have allegedly been responsible for the deaths of citizens during the national

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Obama Raises $7.6 Million at Fundraiser For Biden's Campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama warned Democrats against being “complacent or smug” about the presidential race at a grassroots fundraiser Tuesday for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, calling on viewers to learn the lessons from 2016 and not take the election for

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What’s next for Black America? | Afro

By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Despite the seemingly inane political machinations and protestations of Donald John Trump, he will become a former president on Jan. 20, 2021, and Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Ultimately, what does the

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Democratic Civil War - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

… “very liberal.” Along with older African-American voters, these suburban voters, also …

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Patterson: PNP will bounce back - Won’t back Phillips replacement as Golding hints at leadership ambitions

Though badly bruised from its pummelling at the polls on September 3, the People’s National Party (PNP) will recover from its worst electoral beating in 40 years, elder statesman P.J. Patterson has said. But the former prime minister and party...

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Presidential candidates must earn our vote

Presidential candidates have traditionally taken the Black vote for granted. True, urban communities have overwhelmingly voted for the candidates who best understand our lived experience. But party leadership has increasingly been losing touch with our reality. Democratic leaders need to hear from

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

Franks, Gary (1953- )

When Gary Franks was elected to Congress in 1990, he was the first black representative from Connecticut and the first black Republican in Congress in nearly 50 years. Son of a brass factory worker and a dietary specialist, education was a high priority in Franks’s Waterbury family. In fact, Gary

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Record number of LGBTQ candidates running for office in US - Black News Channel

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The number of openly LGBTQ elected officials in the United States has more than doubled in the past four years — and those ranks could soon grow, thanks to a record field of LGBTQ candidates this year, according to new data from an advocacy and

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GOP DOMINATES IN FLORIDA – Florida Courier

Republicans pull an upset over the Dems with a win for Trump and down-ballot candidates. BY DAPHNE TAYLOR FLORIDA COURIER In the past week, former President Barack Obama came to Miami twice. Kamala Harris campaigned in South Florida too. But even though the Democratic Party pulled out all the “big

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A Con Man and the Politics of Diatribalism | New York Carib News

In a fortnight the respective states will be counting ballots to determine the next President of the United States. Absurdly, we do not vote directly for the President but for electors who vote in the Electoral College on December 14, 2020, to crown the candidate who won a majority of Electoral

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Source: The New York Carib News

Ohio Democratic Rep. Kennedy Kent endorses Trump - TheGrio

A Democratic lawmaker has made her stance in support of President Donald Trump very clear. State Rep. Bernadine Kennedy Kent,... View Article The post Ohio Democratic Rep. Kennedy Kent endorses Trump appeared first on TheGrio.

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Mob storms US Capitol as Trump accused of 'coup' - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held Wednesday to certify Joe Biden's election win, triggering unprecedented chaos and violence at the heart of American democracy and accusations the president was attempting a coup.

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Michelle Obama Preps DNC Speech Set To Be Her ‘Major Contribution To The 2020 Race’ - The New York Beacon

Next week, major players in the Democratic party will hop on a Zoom call for the Democratic National Convention. According toThe New York Times, the week-long event has already locked down some high profile nightly keynote speeches, includingMichelle Obamaon Monday,Jill Bidenon Tuesday,Barack

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WHITE RAGE | The Crusader Newspaper Group

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