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Written by Errin Haines Whack and Sara Burnett, Associated Press

Published: 01 May 2019

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In the crowded 2020 field, the growing crowds at Buttigieg's events have been overwhelmingly White. Can he win over Black voters who are key to a Democratic victory in 2020?

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Written by By AMY FORLITI Associated Press

Published: 01 May 2019

Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor walks to court in Minneapolis. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP, File) 

After three weeks of testimony, a jury needed little more than a day to convict a Black Minneapolis police officer of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed White woman.

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Written by By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Published: 30 April 2019

 

The Broward County Chapter of the NAACP will lead a march and rally to demand the termination and criminal prosecution of two Florida sheriff deputies.

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Written by ELLIOT SPAGAT and DAISY NGUYEN

Published: 28 April 2019

 

Rabbi Yonah Fradkin said: "... We strongly believe that love is exponentially more powerful than hate. We are deeply shaken by the loss of a true woman of valor, Lori Kaye, who lost her life solely for living as a Jew."

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Written by STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer

Published: 28 April 2019

 

Prominent black Democrats say that the1994 crime bill, which Biden helped craft, led to the mass incarceration that has disproportionately hurt people of color.

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Written by By Barrington M. Salmon, NNPA Newswire Contributor

Published: 26 April 2019

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Disney Heiress Abigail Disney is the latest critic of the vast disparity between workers and business executives.

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Written by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire

Published: 25 April 2019

 

New research has revealed that 78 percent of African Americans believe the country has not gone far enough on the issue of making sure Blacks have equal rights with Whites.

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Written by By JUANA SUMMERS and ERRIN HAINES WHACK Associated Press

Published: 25 April 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, (AP Photo/Michael Wyke) 

Former Vice President Joe Biden's decision to enter the Democratic presidential race is causing consternation among some Democrats, particularly women of color

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Written by By ERRIN HAINES WHACK AP National Writer

Published: 24 April 2019

Democratic president candidate, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) 

After touring the National Lynching Memorial recently, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper spoke of the "shame" he felt that some White people "kind of looked the other way during these lynching incidents."

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Written by By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Published: 23 April 2019

 

An estimated 62 million Millennials – adults ages 20 to 35 in 2016 – were voting-age U.S. citizens in the nation’s electorate in 2016.