Democrat Abrams is nation’s first black woman nominee for governor
Stacey Abrams giving victory speech. Photo Courtesy HelloGiggles By BEN NADLER Associated Press ATLANTA – Stacey Abrams won Georgia’s Democratic primary in the gubernatorial race …
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Opioid makers gave $1 million to Florida politicians
Photo Courtesy Wikimedia Commons TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida is suing drug companies that have steered more than $1 million to politicians over the last …
Black community drowning in gunfire questions Parkland reply
Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons By DAVID SMILE Miami Herald WEST PARK, Fla. (AP) _ In a different context, Shevrin Jones might have sounded like …
16 states fight Texas lawsuit targeting health overhaul
PHOTO COURTESY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. Sixteen Democratic attorneys general pushed back Monday against a Texas lawsuit …
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS END SIT-IN PROTEST WASHINGTON (AP) – The occupation of a university administration building in Washington, D.C. by students making demands to school …
Rights Icon Winnie MadikizelaMandela: A life of struggle
INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS ICON:Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, dead at 81. PHOTO COURTESY OF BIOGRAPHY.COM By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG – Even the name given to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela …
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DETROIT BRANCH NAACP REMEMBERS WINNIE MANDELA Detroit, MI – Detroit Branch President Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony issued this statement in regard to the recent death …
Black marchers see gun violence differently
Adia Granger, far right, and scores of Baltimore students came to the march on buses sponsored by Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh.. Spencer said her cousin …
“Black Girls Rock” captures prowess of black women
BLACK GIRLS ROCK! PHOTO COURTESY OF BLACK TIME TRAVEL By JULIANA ACCIOLY Special for South Florida Times CORAL GABLES, Fla. Celebrity DJ and philanthropist Beverly …
Grandmother of slain Sacramento man calls for police changes now
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – The grandmother of an unarmed black man killed by Sacramento police called …