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Published: 01 July 2019

 

“We have a president who deliberately is trying to divide America and not only do we have to defeat the worst president in the history of our country, we will have to transform this nation and create an economy for all of us and not just the one percent”

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Published: 29 June 2019

 

ACLU, NAACP and Brennan Centre file a lawsuit Florida after Legislature demands felons pay off debts and fees before reclaiming vote

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Written by By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

Published: 28 June 2019

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Kamala Harris spoke slowly but bluntly as she stared at Joe Biden, then began treating him as a hostile witness.

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Written by By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press

Published: 27 June 2019

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The Supreme Court dealt a huge blow to efforts to combat the drawing of electoral districts for partisan gain on Thursday in a ruling that could embolden political line-drawing after the 2020 census.

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Written by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Published: 27 June 2019

 

Primarily targeting first-time buyers, the down payment on the Affordable Loan Solution mortgage would be as little as 3 percent, with no mortgage insurance required.

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Written by Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

Published: 27 June 2019

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Chief Justice John Roberts said the Trump administration's explanation for wanting to add the question was "more of a distraction" than an explanation

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Written by Juana Summers and Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

Published: 27 June 2019

Democratic presidential candidate former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke gestures during a Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) 

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren dominated the debate's opening moments, calling for systemic change to the nation's economy and the end to the private insurance system.

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Written by By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press

Published: 26 June 2019

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Sixty seconds for answers, a television audience of millions and, for some candidates, a first chance to introduce themselves to voters.

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Written by By Karanja A. Ajanaku, The New Tri-State Defender

Published: 26 June 2019

Alice Marie Johnson brought praise dance to the religious services where she was imprisoned in Forth Worth, Texas (Photo: Karanja A. Ajanaku) 

After 21 years in federal prison, Alice Marie Johnson sprinted across a roadway near where she had been locked up. Waiting were family, friends and social justice warriors. Nearly a year later, many of those same people were in Memphis as Johnson danced – literally – onto a stage in a ballroom at The Peabody Hotel.

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Written by By MARTHA MENDOZA and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press

Published: 25 June 2019

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The U.S. government has removed most children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas near the border with Mexico following reports that more than 300 children were detained there and caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation.