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The Capitol riots and a tale of two US Government coup attempts

By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — A group of white vigilantes – angry and fearful over the newly elected government – joined

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Black woman named acting Capitol police chief

(The Grio via Defender News Service) — Assistant Chief Yogananda Pittman has been announced as the new acting Capitol police chief after Chief Steve Sund

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Is removing Confederate Monuments, changing sports teams names just a distraction?
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Protests and unrest in 2020 sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis shined an even brighter spotlight on police brutality ...
Experts examine racial inequalities between Black and white Americans
By Nigell Moses Contributing Writer After an overwhelming year of loss, turmoil, a global pandemic and a relentless need for social change, 2020 proved to challenge not only individuals in America, ...
Mayor Cantrell ends public safety furloughs, says more personnel changes ahead
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens At a press conference held on January 4, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced that the city was ending partial furloughs for city employees with the ...
Donald Trump spent almost a year playing golf during presidency
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — President Donald Trump has spent 307 days, almost a full year, golfing during his presidency. The total is likely to be the most ...
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Clyburn concerned about safety of V.P.-elect Kamala Harris
By Dr. Barbara Reynolds Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Amidst post-election strife that has reached historic levels, U. S. Rep. James Clyburn, (S.C.) says he is deeply concerned about the safety of President-elect ...
Boston Red Sox hire Bianca Smith as first Black woman coach in Baseball history
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Bianca Smith, an African-American woman, has made baseball history.
‘We Took the Capitol’ Trump supporters storm the Chambers of Congress
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Thousands of President Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as Vice President Mike Pence presided over the Electoral College vote.
"I don't trust this hospital, and I'm asking to be transferred. These people wanted to send me home with new pulmonary infiltrates and all kinds of lymphadenopathy in my neck," said Dr. Susan Moore in a Facebook Live video. "This is how Black people get killed. When you send them home, and they don't know how to fight for themselves. I have to talk to somebody, maybe the media, somebody, to let people know how I'm being treated up in this place."
Doctor Susan Moore, an African-American physician, chronicles the racist medical care that led to her death
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The disparities in health care treatment for African Americans extend not only to the millions of underserved patients in U.S. hospitals and ...

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