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Courts in 3 States Block GOP Effort to Restrict Voting Rights

August 7, 2026 admin 0

CHICAGO (AP) — Courts have dealt setbacks in three states to Republican efforts that critics contend restrict voting rights — blocking a North Carolina law requiring photo identification, loosening a similar measure in Wisconsin and […]

Bipartisan Backlash for Trump for Criticizing Muslim Father

August 7, 2026 admin 0

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump sparked bipartisan backlash, after the Republican attacked the bereaved parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain who spoke at the Democratic convention last week. Critics from both parties on […]

Marilyn Mosby on Freddie Gray’s case: We Could Try the Cops 100 Times with the Same Result

August 7, 2026 admin 0

(Andrew Burton/Getty Images) by Victoria Massie (Vox) A year after Freddie Gray, 25, died from a neck injury he incurred while in the custody of Baltimore police officers after an unlawful arrest, prosecutors announced that […]

Intellectual Honesty about Race and Criminal Justice Reform

August 7, 2026 admin 0

Ben Chavis By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr NNPA President & CEO There is an old adage that posits “The more things appear to change, the more they stay the same.” Once again millions of Americans […]

Is a Vaccine that Protects Against Alzheimer’s on the Horizon?

August 7, 2026 admin 0

By Julie Nakis, ahchealthenews.com Scientists are one step closer to a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., as a vaccine that can prevent and slow the progression of the […]

How Much Do Black Child Lives Matter?

August 7, 2026 admin 0

by Marian Wright Edelman Four little girls were changing into choir robes and chatting in a church restroom preparing for the Youth Sunday services at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, […]

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8,000 People Open Accounts At Black-Owned Bank In Atlanta

August 7, 2026 admin 0

In the weeks following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, more and more influencers, like Solange and Killer Mike, have started to #BankBlack and have transferred their money into black-owned banks. Now, a historic black […]

Nick Cannon Leads BLM Protest Outside RNC Accusing Both Parties of ‘taking our votes for granted’

August 7, 2026 admin 0

The grio On Monday, Nick Cannon led a Black Lives Matter protest outside of the Republican National Convention and spoke out against both the Republican and Democratic party for failing to listen seriously to black […]

Jordan ‘deeply troubled’ by violence against African-Americans, police

August 7, 2026 admin 0

Photo: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images NBA legend Michael Jordan broke his silence on the recent high-profile shootings of African-Americans by police and the violence that officers have themselves faced, discussing the issue in a letter published […]