[Immigration News]
America’s Voice Pili Tobar: “Trump administration remains hellbent on terrorizing immigrants, separating families, traumatizing and abusing children and families…”
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Black Star News
MICHELLE OBAMA TALKS OUR STATE OF THE UNION AND FAMILY AT ESSENCE FESTIVAL
[Essence Festival Anniversary]
Michelle Obama: “I want all young girls out there to know — we all struggle with that, people of color, working class folks, women of color — people try to define us in a negative way before we get a chance to get out there and tell our own stories.”
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SHARPTON ASKS FOR STATE DEPARTMENT INTERVENTION IN SWEDISH DETENTION OF ENTERTAINER ASAP ROCKY
[Entertainment News]
Rev. Sharpton on Swedish arrest of rapper ASAP Rocky: “We at NAN are appealing directly to the Swedish authorities for complete transparency and ASAP’s swift return home.”
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Stoking Fear U.S. Bigot-in-Chief Trump Readies Raids for Sunday
[Immigration News]
Trump Administration’s upcoming ICE “family operation” raids politically calculated to fire up the “deport-em-all segment of the President’s base.”
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Manhattan DA, Vance, Condemns Trump’s Planned ICE Raids
[Immigration News]
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance: “The real threat to our public safety isn’t coming from undocumented New Yorkers – it’s coming from Washington, D.C.”
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NYPD BRONX SHOOTING: AND THE BEAT OF RACIST POLICE BRUTALITY GOES ON
[“Speaking Truth To Empower”]
Ronnie Cole: another victim of trigger-happy policing…
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UGANDA’S SHIDA LENI WINS W400m SILVER IN FIRST GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
[Africa Sports]
Uganda track star Shida Leni won a Silver Medal at World University Games in Italy last night.
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CRUSADING JOURNALIST GWANDA IS DEAD, TOP TANZANIAN OFFICIAL TELLS BBC
[Africa News]
Committee To protect Journalists (CPJ) is disturbed by Tanzanian foreign minister Palamagamba Kabudi’s statement that journalist Azory Gwanda has “disappeared and died.” Gwanda has been missing since November 21, 2017…
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SECRETARY OF EDUCATION BETSY DEVOS SUED OVER NATIONAL STUDENT DEBT DEBACLE
[Education News]
AFT President Randi Weingarten: “Public Service Loan Forgiveness is a right, but Betsy DeVos has turned it into a crapshoot.”
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EVELYN DEJESUS BECOMES FIRST LATINA ELECTED TO UPPER LEADERSHIP OF UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
[Education News]
Evelyn DeJesus: “I am honored to represent the members of this union—their hopes, their aspirations and the incredible work they do every day to make people’s lives better in their communities. I am energized and ready.”
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