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NABJ Elevates CNN to Special Media Monitoring List

Kanya Stewart, Special to the LAWTMarch 8, 2019

A special team will perform further research and an analysis of CNN’s diversity, inclusion and equity practices, per the NABJ Board’s directive. The special team will also publicly report on identified deficiencies in hiring a diverse workforce in news decision-making capacities at CNN. NABJ is also calling for a civil rights audit that examines the company’s hiring, promotion and compensation practices involving Black employees.

Success “On The Way” Ask Dr. Jeanette: ‘Socialism and Democrat Socialist’ On the Rise!
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Success “On The Way” Ask Dr. Jeanette: ‘Socialism and Democrat Socialist’ On the Rise!

Dr. Jeanette ParkerJanuary 17, 2019

Cuba is an example of a socialist nation. Its economy is state run and it lacks a stock exchange.” Bernie Sanders, former Presidential Candidate and  Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez call themselves Democratic socialist. … Merriam Webster’s-dictionary defines socialism as a form of society in which government owns or controls major industries. Marxist theory says socialism is transitional social state between the overthrow of capitalism and the realization of communism. Hot topics” today.  Intelligent people want more insight into definitions.

California Moves 2020 Primary Up to March and Joins “Super Tuesday” Voting
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California Moves 2020 Primary Up to March and Joins “Super Tuesday” Voting

Associated Press, Nicholas RiccardiDecember 27, 2018

Early voting in California’s primary will overlap with the traditional early nominating contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. That could force the sprawling field of Democrats to navigate those states as well as California’s notoriously complex landscape, where campaigning is done through paid political ads.

Future of Democratic Party Lies in Moving to the Moral Center
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Future of Democratic Party Lies in Moving to the Moral Center

Rev. Jesse JacksonAugust 16, 2018

A new generation of Democrats, such as New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is challenging the party’s establishment, writes Jesse Jackson, and the party’s goal should be to embrace the “moral center.” The media is now reporting on the debate among Democrats and activists about what the party should stand for, and how it will win elections. Establishment Democrats are said fear that the populist reform energy represented by Bernie Sanders and rising star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (who upset Rep. Joe Crowley, the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House, in a New York City primary) will turn off the moderate, upscale, White

Warren: Criminal justice System ‘Racist’…’Front to Back’
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Warren: Criminal justice System ‘Racist’…’Front to Back’

Bill Barrow and Chevel Johnson, Associated PressAugust 9, 2018

While speaking at a historically black college, the Massachusetts senator identified some of the system’s failures: disproportionate arrests of African Americans for petty drug possession; an overloaded public defender system; and state laws that keep convicted felons from voting even after their sentences are complete.

Clinton blames FBI director for presidential election loss
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Clinton blames FBI director for presidential election loss

LISA LERER Associated PressNovember 16, 2016

Clinton said her campaign was winning until FBI director James Comey sent a letter to Congress on Oct. 28 announcing that the FBI had uncovered emails possibly related to its earlier probe into her use of a private server as secretary of state.

Tour of Baltimore Neighborhood Shows ‘Typical’ Sites of Black America
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Tour of Baltimore Neighborhood Shows ‘Typical’ Sites of Black America

Hazel Trice Edney, NNPA SpecialDecember 23, 2015

Only minutes into Sen. Bernie Sanders’ tour through the impoverished Sandtown community in West Baltimore, he asked a burning question: “What I’m seeing is ‘Checks Cashed'”, he read the sign on a nearby storefront. “Why go in there and cash my check?” asked the Vermont senator, peering at a check cashing store.

Presidential Candidate Tours Site of Freddie Gray Death
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Presidential Candidate Tours Site of Freddie Gray Death

Cheriss May, Howard University News ServiceDecember 16, 2015

On a cool, but sunny Tuesday morning ,as residents waited at the bus stop and workers were busy on the reconstruction of the CVS at 2509 Pennsylvania Ave. that was burned down during Freddie Gray protests, the Rev. Jamal Bryant and a handful of community members lead presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on a tour of the neighorhood that erupted following Gray’ death.