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BY YESHA CALLAHAN 2020 has dealt another blow to America. On Friday, at the age of 87, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. The Supreme Court said in a statement that Ginsburg died “surrounded by her […]

William Cummings – House Majority Whip James Clyburn reacted sharply to Attorney General William Barr’s comment that evoked slavery while decrying government overreach with coronavirus restrictions, calling it “the most ridiculous, tone-deaf, God-awful thing I’ve ever […]

 By WI Web Staff – September 16, 2020 – The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will reopen to the public on Friday, Sept. 18. Considering concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

BY ROSE MINUTAGLIO – One woman at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia likened it to an “experimental concentration camp.” Several immigration rights advocacy groups have filed a complaint accusing the Irwin County Detention Center […]

By  Jacob Ogles – Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum revealed in a national interview that he identifies as bisexual. “I don’t identify as gay,” Gillum said, “but I do identify as bisexual. And that is something I […]

By KAREN MATTHEWS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press – NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are commemorating 9/11 with tributes that have been altered by coronavirus precautions and woven into the presidential campaign, drawing both President […]

By Victor Omondi – Donald Trump acknowledged downplaying the Coronavirus at the beginning of the year even though he knew the virus was deadly and much more serious than the seasonal flu. In one of a […]

By Kyle Arnold – American Airlines is making Black Lives Matter pins for crew members, upsetting some employees. Some crew think they won’t be allowed to wear pins in support of law enforcement. American Airlines is […]

By A.R. Shaw | September 3, 2020 | The Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was one of the wealthiest areas in the nation during the early 1900s. The community featured dozens of businesses, […]