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by Derek Major – President Trump is making his most significant effort to woo Black voters with what he calls his “Platinum Plan” for Black economic empowerment at a campaign event in Atlanta. The Trump […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press – — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid rose slightly last week to 870,000, a historically high figure that shows that the viral […]

By Terry Shropshire | September 22, 2020 –George Washington Biggs, a member of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen who fought valiantly during World War II in segregated units, has died. He was 95. He was the […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky grand jury on Wednesday indicted a single former police officer for shooting into neighboring apartments but did not move forward with charges against any officers for their role in […]

BY DOMINICK MASTRANGELO -Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has reportedly raised more than $16 million in an effort to help convicted felons in Florida register to vote. The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition estimated Bloomberg’s fundraising push has already […]

By Terry Shropshire – The intersection where George Floyd took his last breath on Memorial Day 2020 had already been turned into an unofficial shrine that was maintained by volunteers. Now that intersection will be […]

BY YESHA CALLAHAN 2020 has dealt another blow to America. On Friday, at the age of 87, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. The Supreme Court said in a statement that Ginsburg died “surrounded by her […]

William Cummings – House Majority Whip James Clyburn reacted sharply to Attorney General William Barr’s comment that evoked slavery while decrying government overreach with coronavirus restrictions, calling it “the most ridiculous, tone-deaf, God-awful thing I’ve ever […]

 By WI Web Staff – September 16, 2020 – The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will reopen to the public on Friday, Sept. 18. Considering concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

BY ROSE MINUTAGLIO – One woman at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia likened it to an “experimental concentration camp.” Several immigration rights advocacy groups have filed a complaint accusing the Irwin County Detention Center […]