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White Culture’s Attempt to De-Radicalize Martin Luther King
Has our white culture attempted to whiten MLK’s legacy so much that many no longer consider King controversial? […]
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Remembering Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: A Tireless Champion for Economic Justice
But Dr. King also stood as a tireless champion for economic justice. His last public speech, delivered a day before his 1968 assassination, was before a Memphis audience in support of a lengthy strike for fair wages among its Black sanitation workers. That prophetic oration, often referred to as his “Mountaintop” speech, also noted the city’s economic disparities. […]
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Voting Rights Battle Ahead in Early 2022
Advocates to protect the vote have been pushing Biden and Congress to move ahead affirmatively for months. On December 21, officials in Lincoln County Georgia, a county that is nearly one-third Black, proposed closing 6 polling sites for 2022. The decision comes after Republicans took over the local election board. […]
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Outspoken Democratic Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Puts on Blast the ‘Sexual Frustrations’ of Republican
AOC told her more than 12.8 million followers that the GOP’s obsession with her is “starting to get old, ignoring the very obvious, strange and deranged sexual frustrations that underpin the Republican fixation on me, women, LGBT, and people in general.” […]
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Parents Raise the Alarm About Violence in Schools, Say Their Votes Depend on Improvement
“Parents have very legitimate concerns about violence in schools, increased bullying, and a lack of mental health resources,” Keri Rodrigues, co-founder, and President of the National Parents Union, said in a statement. […]
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Sen. Schumer Says Senate Will Vote on Changes to Filibuster by MLK Day
“The Senate was designed to protect the political rights of the minority in the chamber, through the promise of debate and the opportunity to amend. But over the years, those rights have been warped and contorted to obstruct and embarrass the will of the majority – something our Founders explicitly opposed,” Sen. Schumer wrote in a letter to his colleagues. […]
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Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley Announces She’s Tested Positive for COVID
The congresswoman counts among several lawmakers to recently test positive, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sen. Chris Coons (D-Delaware), Congressman Jason Crow (D-Colorado), Congressman Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Illinois), and Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.). […]
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President Biden Proclaims January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
The heightened awareness of human trafficking comes on the heels of an HBO documentary that finally spotlighted the world of the Black and Missing Foundation, headed by Washington, D.C.-based sisters-in-law Derrica and Natalie Wilson. […]
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It’s one thing to come home and another thing to rebuild it
It’s one thing to come home and another thing to rebuild it […]
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Points Finger at Black Women After Twitter Permanently Suspends Her
But Greene’s suspension didn’t happen over one incident, according to Twitter, which said in a statement that “repeated violations” landed Dollar Store Ann Coulter on the permanently unfollowed list. […]