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Oregon Becomes First State to Decriminalize Hard Drugs Like Heroin and Cocaine

November 4, 2020 admin 0

By Paul Best | Fox News – Oregon became the first state to decriminalize hard drugs like heroin, cocaine and meth in a 59-41% vote as of early Wednesday morning, according to the Associated Press. The “Drug Addiction Treatment […]

‘A Culture of Black Reticence and Black Hypersensitivity’: Race and Police Reforms Take Center Stage in Election

November 3, 2020 admin 0

By MARK KENNEDY AP – As a Black man living in Florida’s state capital, Joshua Johnson believes that police procedures, particularly regarding communities of color, need to change. He recalls the anxiety he felt when […]

The Anxieties Looming Over Black Americans on Election Day

November 3, 2020 admin 0

Analysis by Brandon Tensley, CNN – Washington (CNN) – For Black Americans especially, Tuesday’s vote is one of the most consequential in the country’s history. And for good reason. President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden’s radically different visions […]

Judge Rejects GOP Effort to Throw Out 127,000 Houston Votes

November 3, 2020 admin 0

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday rejected another last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centers established […]

Meet Some of the Prominent Black People In The Trump Reelection Campaign

November 2, 2020 admin 0

by Derek Major- October 29, 2020 -With less than a week before the U.S. decides its next president, the Trump campaign is making its last push to convince voters to back him. What many Americans may […]

Mississippi Health Official Says White People Who Aren’t Wearing Masks Are The Reason For Rising COVID-19 Cases

November 2, 2020 admin 0

by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton – October 30, 2020 – With the rise of COVID-19 cases in the state, a Mississippi health official is placing the blame on White people defying the social distance rules by […]

Black Women Appeal to Black Men: ‘Show up for Us and with Us at the Ballot Box’

November 2, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “At a time when the entire world has paused to reflect, and have a long-overdue racial reckoning, when the world is finally […]

Black Americans Are The Most Hesitant to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine

October 29, 2020 admin 0

By Karen Weintraub – Black Americans distrust the government so much they’re not participating in large numbers in COVID-19 clinical trials, and many say they won’t get a COVID-19 vaccine – at least not until […]

In Florida’s Old South, a New Political Battleground Emerges

October 29, 2020 admin 0

By Associated Press – No Democrat for President won Jacksonville since Jimmy Carter. Will that change? The farther north you go in Florida, the saying goes, the deeper South you’ll get. For generations, the Old South […]

Please, Help Me Get Out’: ICE Reportedly Torturing Cameroonian Immigrants at Detention Centers, Many Taken to Rooms Without Cameras

October 29, 2020 admin 0

Posted byBy Matt Bruce – Deportations from the United States have ramped up in lieu of the Nov. 3 presidential election, according to humanitarians who allege that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has targeted immigrants from African nations with abuse […]