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In the first of two events on Thursday, Oprah Winfrey gave an electrifying speech in Marietta in support of Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. “I’m here today because of the men and because of the women who were lynched, who were humiliated, who were discriminated against, who were suppressed,…
The National Newspaper Publishers Association honored Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) with a National Leadership Award during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 48th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., on Friday night. Waters urged the association of more than 200 Black-owned community newspapers from around the U.S. to encourage Black people…
Laura Mitnaul Wooten plans to head to the polls on Nov. 6 to vote in the midterm elections, and to work, as she’s done every Election Day for the past 79 years, consecutively. Wooten said that the right to vote, which so many suffered and even died for, is currently…
The 30 percent Black-voter turnout in Alabama’s special senate election resulting in Democratic candidate Doug Jones’ victory is unfathomable to some, like Republican candidate Roy Moore, who lost but refuses to concede, and pro-Donald Trump online radio host Bill Mitchell who has decided to spread rumors. In a current environment…
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that two congressional districts in North Carolina were drawn to limit Black voters’ power in the state. The ruling reaffirms a North Carolina District Court’s previous finding. “A State may not use race as the predominant factor in drawing district lines unless it has a…
President Donald Trump’s recent allegation that he lost the popular vote in the November election due to “illegals” voting appears to have been based off of an unverified claim someone made on his favorite communication platform: Twitter. Throughout November and December Trump took to Twitter to insist he would have…
The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP is suing the state of North Carolina after the state engaged in what the NAACP described as “a coordinated effort right out of the GOP playbook to suppress the Black vote in the state.” Three counties — Beaufort, Moore and Cumberland — sent…
The more Trump sees his chances of victory in November slipping away, the louder and more frequently he tells his supporters that the election is “rigged” and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton will steal the presidency with the help of “illegals,” “international bankers” (a dog whistle referring to Jews) and “the…
The Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) recently announced it will be sending 500 observers to monitor the 2016 election. The announcement garnered praise from Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund. Henderson also took…
Over the weekend at a rally in Manheim, Pennsylvania, Trump once again encouraged his supporters to “watch” voters at the polls in “certain areas.” “I hear too many bad stories, and we can’t lose an election because of you know what I’m talking about,” he said. “So, go and vote…