What should Black voters think of Tim Scott's run for president?

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What should Black voters think of Tim Scott's run for president?

The U.S. Senator faces an uphill battle. In his home state of South Carolina, more than 90 percent of Black

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Voters now have the option to cast their ballots ahead of the Aug. 6 primary. Early voting officially started Friday and will continue to run Mondays through Saturdays until Aug. 1. The deadline to register to vote in the primary, however, has passed. Voters can find information about early voting

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By Andrea V. Watson Gov. Brian Kemp's office filed a lawsuit Thursday afternoon seeking to ban Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom's face mask mandate. The announcement followed the mayor's news conference in which she said publicly that her order was 'enforceable.' 'This lawsuit is on behalf of the Atlanta

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City of Oakland Affordable Housing Development Projects Awarded $90 Million from State Climate Action Programs

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Politics; Four Faces, One Nation. - ThyBlackMan

Four Faces, One Nation - America has maintained a more strict racial categorization than even apartheid-era South Africa. We’re all familiar with the “one drop” rule that would classify a person as black, or octoroon, if even one of their great-grandparents were black. A study back in 1958

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Trump Tries To Limit Census To Documented Citizens Only

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Oakland City Council’s Equity Caucus Allocate $2m for Health, Economic, and Food Access Disparities

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Preservation Long Island Convenes Virtual Public Roundtables to Explore the Legacy of Enslavement on Long Island - The New York Beacon

Andrea Hart-This initiative will engage the public in designing new interpretive programming at historic Joseph Lloyd Manor to reflect the multiple perspectives that shaped the house’s history starting with Jupiter Hammon, the first published African American writer in the United States who

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TN woman Keeda Haynes to run for Congress after 4-year prison sentence : TheGrio

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