[Film News]
Campaign, Website Seeks to Build Empathy and Connection through Focus on Bias as Experienced by Black Men in America…
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Black Star News
Attorney General James’ Statement Praising U.S. Supreme Court Decision To Disallow Census Citizenship Question
[Supreme Court News]
New York Attorney General Letitia James “pleased with Supreme Court’s decision today.”
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Working Families Party Director Says Tiffany Cabán’s Probable Upset Win In Queens District Attorney Primary Race Has Turned Queens “Upside Down”
[Queens District Attorney Race] Working Families Party Director. Photo: DemocracyNow screenshot.
New Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Macy’s Over Criminal History Screening Policy
[Employment Discrimination]
Sherrilyn Ifill President and Director-Counsel for NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund says “Macy’s must amend its discriminatory criminal history screening policy and create more economic opportunities for deserving Americans.”
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AFT’s Weingarten On Public Service Freedom To Negotiate Act And Protecting Employee Rights
[Labor News]
On One-Year Anniversary of Right-Wing Assault on Unions in Janus v. AFSCME, House Democrats Move to Restore Bargaining Rights for America’s Public Sector Workers…
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Filmmaker Tyler Perry’s Powerful BET Awards Speech On Black Perseverance And Self-Reliance
[Entertainment News]
Tyler Perry’s powerful BET Awards speech stresses the importance of perseverance and self-reliance. Photo: BET screenshot via YouTube
Attorney General James Challenges Trump Administration Rule That Endangers Workers Rights For Millions
[Labor News]
Attorney General James: “The U.S. Department of Labor exists to protect workers, not empower companies to exploit them.
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RIP Medical Debt Charity Promotes Book About America’s Crippling $1 Trillion Medical Debt Emergency
[Medical News]
RIP Medical Debt’s goal for 2019 is to abolish ONE BILLION DOLLARS in medical debt…
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314 Action Organization Pledges $100k To Host Presidential Debate On Climate Change
[Climate Change News]
314 Action organization sent open letter calling on DNC to allow debate on climate change…
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Attorney General James Leads 21 Attorneys General In Opposing Federal Poverty Threshold Change That Could Deprive Millions Of Aid
[White House Budget News]
Coalition of 21 Attorneys General argue against change in calculating federal poverty threshold by White House’s Office of Management and Budget…
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