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Trump Promises “Platinum Plan” for Black Americans
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Trump Promises “Platinum Plan” for Black Americans

Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire ContributorOctober 8, 2020

 In an attempt to win Black voters that have been elusive for the Republican Party for many cycles, President Donald Trump announced a “Platinum Plan,” of Black Economic Empowerment.

Trump unveiled the plan during an Atlanta rally with less than six weeks left until Election Day on November 3rd. Currently, President Barack Obama’s former Vice President Joe Biden in leading in the polls in many key states in the presidential contest. 

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AARP Polls Reveal Top Concerns for Voters 50 and Older

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent September 24, 2020

More than half of voters 50-years and older in crucial battleground states are worried about contracting the novel coronavirus. 

At the same time, African Americans are particularly opposed to how President Donald Trump has handled the pandemic, according to extensive polling commissioned by AARP. 

Justice Ginsburg’s Death Could Prove Fatal to American Democracy
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Justice Ginsburg’s Death Could Prove Fatal to American Democracy

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentSeptember 24, 2020

Through her cancer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought to the end with unwavering faith in our democracy and its ideals, and that’s how she’ll be remembered, Obama expressed in a written statement. “But, she also left instructions for how she wanted her legacy to be honored,” observed President Barack Obama.

Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Receives NNPA 2020 National Leadership Award
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Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Receives NNPA 2020 National Leadership Award

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentSeptember 17, 2020

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has introduced several bills, including the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act, H.R. 71, the Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2015, and H.R. 4660, an Amendment to the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2015 affirming the authority of the Attorney General to reduce prison overcrowding by developing and implementing lawful policies relating to requests for executive clemency from deserving petitioners.

Black News Channel’s Kelly Wright Interviews President Trump
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Black News Channel’s Kelly Wright Interviews President Trump

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentAugust 27, 2020

It not only marked Trump’s first time on the network but also his initial interview with any African American-owned media. The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association of 230 Black-owned newspapers and media companies that comprise the Black Press of America, has repeatedly requested interviews with the president throughout his nearly four years in office.

Trump Administration Ramps Up Efforts to Dismantle Post Office
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Trump Administration Ramps Up Efforts to Dismantle Post Office

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent | @StacyBrownMediaAugust 21, 2020

“They have withheld that money. They have broken the law,” Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass told BlackPressUSA during a livestream interview last month. Other Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), also told BlackPressUSA that the president is trying to dismantle the postal service.

Biden Surrogates Tout ‘Plan for America’
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Biden Surrogates Tout ‘Plan for America’

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentAugust 6, 2020

Staging frequent media briefings where surrogates tout Biden’s message remains a regular occurrence of the campaign. On Tuesday, July 21, former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, championed Biden’s plan.

Portland: Big protest crowds again over US agents’ presence
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Portland: Big protest crowds again over US agents’ presence

Gillian Flaccus and Sara Cline, Associated PressJuly 26, 2020

Thousands of people gathered in Portland, Oregon, for another night of protests Saturday as demonstrations over George Floyd’s killing and the presence of federal agents sent by President Donald Trump showed no signs of abating. Crowds began to march toward the city’s federal courthouse around 9:15 p.m., some marching from 5 miles (8 kilometers) away. A big group of demonstrators in the North Portland neighborhood also paraded by the police precinct there, which was roped off and had officers in riot gear standing outside the building. They paused outside a downtown hotel, where federal agents are staying, chanting “Feds go

Black activists: Portland’s focus on feds only aids message
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Black activists: Portland’s focus on feds only aids message

Andrew Selsky, Associated PressJuly 25, 2020

After George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, people in Portland came out in droves to protest police brutality and racism, chanting that “Black lives matter.” As the weeks went by, the crowds dwindled to a few dozen and the protests increasingly turned violent.