by BA - 11 months ago
Photo: Twitter (Austin, Texas) — Texas state legislators returned to the Capitol building Thursday to begin a special session, during which they will resume debate on SB7, the omnibus voter suppression bill that failed passage at the regular legislative session in late May. An agenda released for t...
by BA - 11 months ago
Outspoken Attorney at Law, Mary Francis, has accused Castries North MP, Stephenson King, of cunning and treachery, amid reports that he plans to announce that he will participate in the July 26, 2021 elections as an independent candidate. According to reports, King is scheduled to give a nationwide...
by BA - 11 months ago
(Image/Twitter) Six Dallas activists were arrested at the home of Sen. Ted Cruz following a 400-mile march that ended on the senator’s doorstep. Sunrise Movement Dallas and Gulf South activists with “Generationon Fire” demand President Biden and Senator Cruz stop impeding life-saving climate legisla...
by BA - 11 months ago
The National Action Network is one of the leading civil rights organizations in the nation with chapters throughout the entire United States. Founded in 1991 by Reverend Al Sharpton, NAN works within the spirit and tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to promote a modern civil rights agenda that...
by BA - 11 months ago
As Congress considers federal voting rights legislation, the Young Black Lawyers’ Organizing Coalition (YBLOC) released a People’s Brief on the John Lewis Voting Rights Act today. Designed to be a community education tool, the brief traces the narrative history of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and d...
by BA - 11 months ago
(American Heart Association) When Dr. Mitch Elkind became president-elect of the American Heart Association, he had about 15 months to get ready to take over the organization’s top volunteer leadership position. As only the second neurologist in the job, Elkind sought to build a stronger bridge betw...
by BA - 11 months ago
By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Now that the Fourth of July is over and we have all been reminded of what Frederick Douglas said and did, the cookouts are behind us, but so is the memory of the White Nationalists marching in the streets of Philadelphia with flags and...
by BA - 11 months ago
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has ruled that former Donald Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani would be suspended from practicing law in D.C. pending his disciplinary matter in New York. The decision to suspend Giuliani in the District is yet another blow to the former New York mayor whom the c...
by BA - 11 months ago
For me it is always easier to just jump in the shower and start from the beginning instead of styling old hair, but girl Donedo ‘don’ changed my life with this video. Below she styles an old braid out into 4 styles, she has a retro vintage look that gave me all kinds of life […] Th...
by BA - 11 months ago
By Royce West Texas Senate Although some may question why the Texas Legislature is days away from the start of a Special Called Session, some know the ground was made fertile when the votes were counted from the November 2020 Elections. One could say outcomes of Texas legislative races at least rese...
by BA - 11 months ago
RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) — There were many Black professionals and academics watching Tuesday morning’s interview with Nikole Hannah-Jones as if they were sitting in a Black church. That is to say, there were some loud “amens” spoken in agreement to what Hannah-Jones sa...
by BA - 11 months ago
By Stephanie Fox Navy Office of Community Outreach NEWPORT, R.I. – Lt. Andrea Thorne-Thomsen, a native of Richardson, Texas, joined the Navy to travel the world and experience new and exciting things while having the opportunity to serve our country. Now, six years later, Thorne-Thomsen is part of t...
by BA - 11 months ago
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent The President Joe Biden-led bipartisan Infrastructure Framework released on Tuesday, June 29, addresses economic disparities in America’s economy and the consequences of decades of disinvestment in the nation’s infrastructure that have fallen most...
by BA - 11 months ago
The following article, Foolproof Way to Get Rid of Biden, was first published on The Black Sphere. Whoa, don’t taze me bro. Let me finish. After you hear what I have to say, you may jump on the Manchin bandwagon too. Everyone I know is freaking out over the direction the Democrats are taking the co...
by BA - 11 months ago
Asante Blackk is well known for his roles in When They See Us and This Is Us. Well, the talented 19-year-old is about to begin a new project. According to a Variety exclusive, Blackk is set to star opposite Tiffany Haddish in Landscape with Invisible Hand. View this post on Instagram...
