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The Black vote, and the young vote has turned out for a run-off, not just for the November 2020 presidential vote, but further votes for the state and senate. History has been made, and much of it has been done from Georgia’s hard work to lead the charge, especially from Black women.
Wholly embracing the print, social, and digital worlds, the NNPA finished 2020, having broadcast hundreds of livestreams over its many social media channels and on its primary news site, www.BlackPressUSA.com. The NNPA’s latest initiative into live broadcasts in 2021 is the new daily morning breaking news program, “Let it Be Known,” hosted by NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Stacy Brown.
Singing The Black National Anthem Won’t Stop White Terror
Ten Republicans Join Democrats in Impeaching President Trump for a Historic Second Time
D.C. Officials, Feds Tracking Credible Inauguration Day Threats
The leaders in D.C., Maryland and Virginia released a joint statement Monday with a message not only for their constituents, but Americans nationwide who want to attend the presidential inauguration.
Yogananda Pittman, a senior-ranking Black female law enforcement officer and HBCU graduate, has made history after her recent appointment as the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police department.
Saying that they had been there simply for duty would be an understatement. Their mere presence in the scene spoke volumes. Blacks cleaning up damage caused by Whites, a mob that despised its own democracy, is such a remarkable and dignified service.
Kim Janey, the current city council president of Boston, is set to become the first Black person and the first woman to serve as the city’s mayor. The news comes after Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh has been chosen by President-elect Joe Biden as his labor secretary.