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To Address Rising Hate, More Focus on Prevention and Crimes It Triggers
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To Address Rising Hate, More Focus on Prevention and Crimes It Triggers

McKenzie Jackson, California Black MediaNovember 17, 2022

When hip hop icon and fashion designer Kanye West wore a black, long-sleeved shirt with “WHITE LIVES MATTER” emblazoned on the backside in white block letters at his Yeezy fashion show in Paris on Oct. 3, it started a national conversation on racism that intensified four days later when West broadcast on Twitter that he was going to go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE” in a since deleted tweet.

Leaked Audio Leads To Cries For Resignation of Councilmembers Martinez, Cedillo and De León
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Leaked Audio Leads To Cries For Resignation of Councilmembers Martinez, Cedillo and De León

Danny J. Bakewell, Jr.,  Executive Editor October 13, 2022

    Racist, anti-Black, and homophobic rants lead to the downfall of four of Los Angeles’ most powerful Latino leaders  Sunday October 9, 2022 was unlike very few Sundays in the political history of Los Angeles.  The L.A. Times and the LA Knock obtained and reported secretly taped audio conversations between then-Council President Nury Martinez (who resigned her post as president of the Los Angeles City Council on Monday, October 10, and then announced that she would be taking a leave of absence from the council on Tuesday, October 11),  Councilman Gil Cedillo, Councilman Kevin de León and Los Angeles

#BlackXmas: Visioning Beyond the Weight of the Moment
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#BlackXmas: Visioning Beyond the Weight of the Moment

Melinna AbdullahNovember 26, 2021

This last several days have been heavy and dispiriting. Last Thursday, we breathed a collective sigh of relief that was all too brief. Our days, weeks, months, and years of organizing was successful in having the life of Julius Jones be spared from the death penalty in Oklahoma only hours before his scheduled execution. While the immediate theft of his life was blocked, Governor Stitt’s final hour clemency remanded Julius to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Julius has been on death row for more than 20 years for a crime that he was falsely accused of committing when he was a 19-year-old student at the University of Oklahoma.

Senate Runoffs in Georgia Offer A Clear Choice
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Senate Runoffs in Georgia Offer A Clear Choice

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.November 19, 2020

On Jan. 5, Georgia will hold a run-off election for both of its Senate seats. The races capture national attention because control of the Senate is at stake. If the two Democratic challengers, Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, both win, the Senate will be effectively split 50-50, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris breaking the tie. If one or both lose, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell will retain his ability to obstruct the incoming president.

Black Riders Matter
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Black Riders Matter

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEOAugust 27, 2020

A court in California just issued a temporary “stay” on restricting rideshare operations in the state over the independent contractor issue. The court ruling should be made permanent while civil rights and business leaders work together to undo the unjust and unfair rideshare regulations that may negatively impact millions of people throughout America.

Why I’m Visiting the Border
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Why I’m Visiting the Border

Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEOAugust 16, 2019

“I shook hands with a 13 year-old-boy whose mother told him to make eye contact and shake hands firmly. Even in the midst of horrific living conditions and imprisonment, children at the facility are still being taught to treat people with respect, while being treated less than human…”

Black and Brown Communities Targeted by White Supremacist over the Weekend, as Donald Trump Continues to Dog Whistle
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Black and Brown Communities Targeted by White Supremacist over the Weekend, as Donald Trump Continues to Dog Whistle

Associated Press- JONATHAN LEMIREAugust 4, 2019

Donald Trump at a MAGA rally. Scott Olson (AP) — As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President Donald Trump spent the first hours after the tragedies out of sight at his New Jersey golf course, sending out tweets of support awkwardly mixed in with those promoting a celebrity fight and attacking his political foes. Trump was to return to Washington on Sunday evening, at which point aides said he would likely address reporters, but the nation did not glimpse the president in the immediate aftermath of a shooting in El Paso, Texas, that

U.S. House Votes to Condemn President Trump’s Use of Social Media to Spread Racist Messages
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U.S. House Votes to Condemn President Trump’s Use of Social Media to Spread Racist Messages

Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire ContributorJuly 19, 2019

“Some of us have been victims of the stain, the pain, the hurt of racism. In the 50s and during the 60s, segregationists told us to go back when we protested for our rights. They told ministers, priests, rabbis, and nuns to go back. The told innocent, little children seeking just equal education to go back,” said civil rights legend and Georgia Congressman John Lewis on the House floor during debate.