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Bernie Sanders Sole Candidate to Address the Black Press at National Convention
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Bernie Sanders Sole Candidate to Address the Black Press at National Convention

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentJune 20, 2019

However, of the 24 candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for president, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is the only one that has agreed to address key influencers of the African American community — the Black Press of America — at the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) annual convention later this month in Cincinnati.

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.

Jim Crow 2018: Black Voting Rights under Attack in America
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Jim Crow 2018: Black Voting Rights under Attack in America

Jeffrey L. Boney, NNPA Newswire Political AnalystSeptember 13, 2018

“This is a discriminatory state law that is antiquated and almost equates to the laws that discriminated against racial minorities decades ago when they were required to pay a poll tax in order to vote…” — Sheila Jackson Lee