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Trump Signs Executive Order Weakening Obamacare, Subsidies for Low Incomes

October 16, 2017 Staff 0

By Denis Slattery and Jason Silverstein, nydailynews.com Sick of waiting for Congress to kill Obamacare, President Trump is prescribing a double dose of moves that are sure to weaken his predecessor’s signature health care law. […]

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White House Claims ‘dreamers’ take jobs Away From Blacks and Hispanics

September 8, 2017 Staff 0

By Tracy Jan, washingtonpost.com It’s a long-running talking point spouted by Trump administration members and the president himself: Undocumented immigrants are taking jobs away from black and Hispanic Americans. Hours after President Trump dismantled an […]

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Southern Heritage Group Files Defamation and Libel Suit Against Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee

August 31, 2017 Staff 0

In response to comments published by several individuals and groups, Save Southern Heritage – Florida (“SSH FL”) has launched a libel and defamation lawsuit that was filed this week the in Hillsborough Circuit Court. The lawsuit […]

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Alabama Restores Voting Rights of Ex-Felons, Former Inmates May Never Know Because Officials Don’t Have to Tell

August 28, 2017 Staff 0

Alabama does not have to notify tens of thousands of former felons that they recently regained the right to vote, a federal judge ruled. The judge also found that the state does not have to […]

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Paul Ryan Denounces Presidential Pardon Of Racial Profiling Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio

August 28, 2017 Staff 0

 Arpaio—a former sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona—was convicted last month on charges that stemmed from contravening a court order related to a racial profiling case, the outlet said. He was slated to be sentenced for […]

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Perceived White Supremacists Bannon is Out of the White House

August 21, 2017 Staff 0

By Frederick H. Lowe Stephen Bannon Stephen K. Bannon, who some black leaders called a white supremacist while lobbying against his appointment to the White House staff, today lost his job as President Donald Trump’s […]

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President Trump Hosts Chibok Schoolgirls at the White House

July 11, 2017 Staff 0

On the night of April 14, 2014, Boko Haram terrorists attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria. They broke in disguised as guards, and forced the girls to leave the school and come […]

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Trump’s Voter Commission Called a ‘fraud’

July 10, 2017 Staff 0

REV. JESSE JACKSON (RIGHT) speaks to Chicago Crusader’s Managing Editor Sharon Fountain and City Editor Erick Johnson. (Photo by Chinta Strausberg) By Chinta Strausberg, Chicago Crusader Now that the House and Senate have passed the […]

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House Democrats, Looking Ahead to 2018, Pledge to Prioritize Voting Rights

July 3, 2017 Staff 0

by Chandelis Duster House Democrats introduced legislation last week to restore parts of the Voting Rights Act while pledging to make the issue of voting rights a priority if the party wins in 2018. On […]

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Former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous Expected to Announce Run for Maryland Governor

May 30, 2017 Staff 0

Ben Jealous, former NAACP president, at the Young Democrats convention in Lanham, Md., on April 1. By Ovetta Wiggins and Fenit Nirappil (Washington Post) Former NAACP president Benjamin Jealous, who served as a surrogate for U.S. […]

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