By Toter

by Toter - 7 months ago

The women Kamala Harris has mentored

(CNN) – Backstage, Kamala Harris pulled aside Jahana Hayes. She’d give the congresswoman her local press boost and photo op, but first, the vice president needed to talk about why she was popping into Connecticut of all places during the final month of her 2022 midterm campaigning: Hayes wasn’t rais...

by Toter - 7 months ago

We need more live fact-checking

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – We are living through Donald Trump’s third consecutive run for the presidency, and nothing should surprise us during this year’s campaign. For those of us who are not Trump supporters, we should be used to the name-calling, lies, racist attacks, bullying, hypocrisy, corruption...

by Toter - 7 months ago

Trump and Vance continue trafficking racist lies about immigrants

“These kind of anti-Black propaganda narratives that the ‘savages are coming to destroy and eat your family’ are really part of the same playbook that goes back hundreds of years. They try to create division and hate and get the political power that is up for grabs. It’s really heartbreaking and tra...

by Toter - 7 months ago

Lessons after Sept. 11

(Children’s Defense Fund) – As the nation and world commemorate the anniversary of Sept. 11 this week, I remember again that it was a gloriously beautiful morning in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sept. 11, 2001. I saw a glimpse of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s beloved community in his hometown as I atte...

by Toter - 7 months ago

Head Start is a jump start for women’s economic security

(NNPA) – Since 1964, the Head Start program has been a lifeline for generations of women and families, providing free, high-quality educational, health, social-emotional and nutritional services and opening doors to opportunity and economic justice that had long been kept shut. Now, as Head Start ap...

by Toter - 7 months ago

Why my fight against domestic violence is so personal

(The White House) – Tonight, on the South Lawn of the White House, more than 1,000 survivors, advocates and allies will gather to mark the 30th anniversary of the first comprehensive law addressing violence against women in our nation’s history: the Violence Against Women Act.As we celebrate our pro...

by Toter - 7 months ago

Saving the world as a path to prosperity

(Sierra Club) – “Made in the USA” is a tagline that should apply to every major piece of the clean energy economy. It is within our grasp. But we need to bust some myths.This week, clean energy and sustainability leaders from around the country got to tour the site of a new Qcells solar panel factor...

by Toter - 7 months ago

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrested in New York, his attorney tells CNN

(CNN) – Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who has faced a parade of sexual assault lawsuits and a federal human trafficking probe in the last year, has been arrested, the producer’s attorney tells CNN.Combs was arrested Monday night at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan and taken into custody by Homela...

by Toter - 7 months ago

Frankie Beverly, lead singer and founder of Maze, dead at 77

(CNN) – Frankie Beverly, who with his band Maze gave the world an anthem that will forever be tied to cookouts and good times, died on Tuesday, his family announced.He was 77.Beverly’s family posted a statement on the band’s social media accounts, which began: “Grieving the loss of a loved one is a...

by Toter - 7 months ago

Trump safe after being targeted in second apparent assassination attempt

West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) –The FBI is investigating what it said is an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump at his Florida golf club Sunday, the second time in two months there’s been an apparent attempt on the former president’s life.Trump is safe and was not harmed in the incident,...

by Toter - 7 months ago

A night of smooth jazz magic at the Ervay Theater

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – An Evening of Smooth Jazz Excellence will offer a night of music mastery, where the energy of international talent will collide with local jazz royalty. Presented by the Dallas Jazz Foundation and iconic The Ervay Theater on Saturday, UK’s Smooth Jazz Ambassador, t...