[Senator Kamala Harris\2020 Elections]
Morial: “It’s no surprise that Black women have emerged among the nation’s strongest and most competent leaders. The formidable challenges that women, particularly women of color, must overcome to achieve positions of prominence…”
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SEN CORY BOOKER
The Powerful Role of Black Women in Kamala Harris’ VP Selection
Congress Pressured to Fund Black Businesses Struggling from COVID-19
[Black Businesses]
Politico: “One widely cited economic analysis showed that Black-owned businesses were slammed the most by Covid-19, with the number of owners plunging by 41 percent from February to April.”
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY PROPAGANDA AND MEDIA ATTACKS ON SANDERS ARE MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM SUPER TUESDAY
[“Speaking Truth To Empower”]
Ponder this: when have we ever seen any party, Democrat or Republican, attack a candidate running under their banner for president as Democrats have done so strenuously against Sanders?
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CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS PUSH BICAMERAL GUN SAFETY BILL
[Gun Violence\Control]
Rep. Barbara Lee: “Every day, more and more people across the country are victimized by gun violence…“The fact that – until recently – experts couldn’t even research gun violence because the NRA and gun lobby forbid it is despicable.”
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PUBLIC EDUCATION GROUPS TO HOST TOP DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AT 2020 PUBLIC EDUCATION FORUM
[Education\Public Education Forum]
The forum will welcome more than 1,000 educators, students, parents and community members to a discussion with the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates about their plans for K-12 and higher education. Each candidate will provide opening remarks and then answer questions from Velshi and Ellis, forum attendees and others from across the country who submitted questions.
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BIPARTISAN SENATORS TO SECRETARY OF STATE POMPEO: DIPLOMACY IS CRITICAL IN STOPPING SOUTH SUDAN’S CIVIL WAR
[Africa News\South Sudan]
Bi-partisan Senators on South Sudan to Pompeo: “We share deep frustration with the lack of progress toward a political settlement and the untold levels of human suffering despite over $4.5 billion in U.S. humanitarian aid since the war began. A Special Envoy is needed to engage the region and help coordinate Western donors in pressing both parties to forge a viable path forward leading up to the November deadline and beyond.”
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SHARPTON AND CARR, MOTHER OF NYPD CHOKEHOLD VICTIM, IN DC TO MEET MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
[Criminal Justice News]
Eric Garner mother will travel to Capitol Hill, with Rev. Al Sharpton, to speak with lawmakers in the aftermath of the DOJ’s decision not to file charges against Officer Daniel Pantaleo…
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