July 2024 Archive
By Marco Cerino Contributing Writer (Special from the Philadelphia Tribune) — As former president and presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump attempts to court Black voters who feel disillusioned by President Joe Biden’s ... La. among 25 states asking SCOTUS to halt EPA’s carbon rule
By Darrell Ehrlick Contributing Writer (Special from The Daily Montana via States Newsroom) — Attorneys general in 25 states, including Louisiana’s Liz Murrill, have sent an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme ... Project FREEDOM unveiled to combat Project 2025
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — A group of well-known Black Democratic leaders unveiled Project FREEDOM, a fresh strategy to combat Project 2025, a contentious 922-page plan to reform ... New exhibit connects chattel slavery to mass incarceration in Louisiana
By Arielle Robinson Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — An image at the Historic New Orleans Collection depicts four enslaved people standing in chains and cleaning the streets of what is now New Orleans’ ...
By Aaron Bolton, MTPR Contributing Writer (Special from MTPR and kffhealthnews.org) — Sophia Ferst remembers her reaction to learning that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade: She needed to get ... ‘Pres. Harris’ would represent a new era of leadership
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Fearmongering, when used as a political tool, has always been an effective means of swaying voters and winning elections. Deliberately arousing public fear by way of racial ... Sheila Jackson Lee – An energizer bunny for justice
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) didn’t lose many battles, but she succumbed to pancreatic cancer on July 19. She tackled the disease like she tackled so ... When silence is cowardice: Simply telling the truth is not a call to violence. It never has been
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist When the stakes are high … when there is a real threat … should staying silent even be an option? Freedom is on the 2024 ballot: Top to the bottom
Traditionally, Black voter turnout has been highest during a presidential election. But let’s not limit our power to just one ballot. When we vote in every election in record numbers, ... America, it is past time
Trailblazing women number amongst the greatest leaders in their countries’ modern history. The first female “head of government” of many of the world’s great democracies often put a stamp ...
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