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by Derek Major – Outgoing President Donald Trump is pushing Congress to release a second round of coronavirus stimulus checks for Americans in the next relief package. Trump, who is still fighting a losing battle in […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “On Thursday, December 17, we confirmed that incoming White House Senior Advisor and Director of the Office of Public Engagement Cedric Richmond […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – As CENTCOM commander, he was responsible for military strategy and joint operations throughout the Middle East and Central and South Asia. He […]

By WI Web Staff – Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has officially quashed speculation that she will be part of President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration. Bottoms, 50, said she’d rather concentrate on the city of […]

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press – WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden said Thursday that he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president, stopping […]

By Stacy M. Brown  (Washington Informer) Rep. Joyce Beatty will chair the Congressional Black Caucus for the 117th Congress as the caucus embarks on its 50th anniversary as the voice of Black America on Capitol […]

 By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Contributor – Brandon Bernard, a Black man who was an accomplice in a crime as a teen and received little help from attorneys during his 1999 criminal trial, is […]

BY ARISHA HATCH (ESSENCE) · NOVEMBER 30, 2020 – For the first time in nearly 30 years voters in Georgia elected a Democratic presidential candidate and flipped the state blue. This is a testament to the work of […]

by Derek Major – November 24, 2020 – Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams said Monday that more than 750,000 residents in Georgia have requested a ballot for the state’s two Senate runoffs. Abrams, the founder […]

by Derek Major November 18 – Former President Barack Obama attacked President Donald Trump, calling him “Richie Rich” and slamming him for refusing to take responsibility for anything. The 44th president compared his predecessor to […]