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For those of you who haven’t heard about this case, Byron Allen, CEO of Entertainment Studios, is suing Comcast for $20 billion, for not fairly giving contracts to Black content providers like himself, based on the 1866 civil rights bill that gave Black people the right to fairly be given contracts, both commercial and with the government. The miseducation part falls under the fact that, Byron Allen and others, have to cite a 150 plus year old law, in order to receive fair treatment to do business with commercial and government entities. Had we focused on building our own everything, like every other group does, we’d have our own distribution networks in place and this case and cases like this would have never come up.

While Democrats scored some gains, the Mississippi governor’s mansion is still in Republican hands. Mississippi has the largest concentration of Black people – 39 percent – of any state, but African Americans remain underrepresented among elected officials in Mississippi.

It’s time. End the draft, once and for all

Repeal the nearly two-decade-old war authorizations

It is as if they sat down at Popeye’s headquarters and said “How can we get Black people to make fools of themselves and we can make some serious money at the same time?”  And one of them answered, “I know, let’s use fried chicken – we all know Black folks will kill for some good fried chicken.”  Unfortunately, they were right.

     “Five of Trump’s lieutenants, Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos, Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, and now Roger Stone, have all pleaded guilty or have been convicted of a crime. The stench of corruption is all around Donald Trump, and this week’s ruling reminds us just how important and need of Congress’ impeachment inquiry is,” says Terrie Rizzo, Chairwomen of the Florida Democratic Party.

By Nicole Nutting and Don Valentine        He said:  Roger Ailes the muse for Fox News, may God rest his soul, has to be credited for…

Death by  Dollars

UNDERSTANDING THE LANGUAGE OF POLITICS-

President Trump is taking action to ensure that Black Americans have unparalleled opportunity in the American economy. A major piece of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 were Opportunity Zones. The administration identified over 8,700 economically distressed communities and packaged tax incentives for anyone willing to invest time, resources, and capital to these underserved corners of America.