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Written by BOTWC Staff

Published: 09 May 2022

Photo Courtesy of Miller Mobley  

Just in time for Mother’s Day, the Forever First Lady released a tribute of her own, honoring her mother, Marian Robinson.

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Written by By AAMER MADHANI and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

Published: 09 May 2022

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20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to people with low incomes, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service

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Written by By AARON MORRISON Associated Press

Published: 09 May 2022

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Patrisse Cullors insists that despite allegations of financial improprieties, neither she nor anyone else in leadership misused millions of dollars in donations.

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Written by SYLVIA HUI and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press

Published: 08 May 2022

 

Leaders from the Group of Seven developed democracies pledged Sunday to phasing out or banning the import of Russian oil, as they met with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for online talks to stress their support and to display unity among Western allies on Victory in Europe Day, which marks Nazi Germany’s surrender in 1945

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Written by GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press

Published: 08 May 2022

 

An acute shortage of public defenders means at any given time at least several hundred low-income criminal defendants don’t have legal representation, sometimes in serious felony cases that could put them away for years

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Written by STEVE PEOPLES, MARC LEVY and JEFF AMY Associated Press

Published: 07 May 2022

 

In some Republican-controlled state legislatures GOP candidates for governor oppose abortion, even in cases of rape or incest, prompting urgent warnings from Democrats that women's access to abortion may rest almost entirely on which party wins the governor's race this fall

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Written by by BOTWC Staff

Published: 06 May 2022

 

She said she has no regrets!

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Written by Treva B. Lindsey, The Ohio State University

Published: 06 May 2022

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While many think that the political arguments over abortion are new, scholars of women’s, medical and legal history note that this debate has a long history in the U.S. It began more than a century before Roe v. Wade

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Written by By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press

Published: 06 May 2022

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Terrell Osborne knows well what happens when urban renewal comes to communities of color.

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Written by By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press

Published: 06 May 2022

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Jean-Pierre takes on the role as the White House faces an uphill battle to help Democrats hold onto the House and Senate in this fall's midterm elections, and as the administration struggles to address Americans' concerns