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In southern states, new voter suppression tactics pose as anti-fraud ‘integrity’ measures

By Mark Hedin Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — Although voter suppression has a long history in U.S. elections, it’s intensifying in the early 21st

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Honoring Black Americans’ role in the inception of Memorial Day

By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Memorial Day has a deep historical connection to the African American community in the United States.

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EPA again proposes power plant carbon rules
By Robert Zullo Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Obama administration’s 2015 Clean Power Plan — intended to cut carbon emissions from power plants — was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
Rural electric co-ops to get $10.7B in USDA funds for clean energy grants, loans
By Jacob Fischler Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin to administer two loan and grant programs worth nearly $11 billion to boost clean energy systems in rural ...
Friend or Foe — The Dawn of the AI Revolution
By Peter White Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — A research scientist who works on the intersection of reasoning and machine learning likens the boom in artificial intelligence to the Industrial Revolution.
Biden selects a fighter pilot as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(Blackmansstreet.Today) — President Joe Biden has named Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Quinton Brown Jr., a Black Airforce fighter pilot as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs ...
Army removes Confederate name of Virginia Fort to honor Black heroes
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Fort Lee, Virginia, named in honor of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, has had its name change and now honors two Black Army ...
Children are dying at rates not seen in 100 years
By Peter White Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — Guns are the biggest killers of American children and are tied to an unprecedented rise in suicides and homicides among this generation, according ...
Judge finds officer guilty of aiding the murder of George Floyd
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Tou Thao, a former police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was found guilty of aiding and abetting the second-degree manslaughter of George Floyd in ...
Biden applauds Black Press at White House Correspondents dinner
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — President Joe Biden proved likely as funny and prescient in his White House Correspondents Dinner remarks as hired comedian and Daily Show ...

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