By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia When asked what challenges she and fellow Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) faced as Black candidates during their 2019 run for president, Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) urged everyone in the room to close their eyes. “Then, imagine the boy next door and think of a four-letter word phrase […]
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Barrier Breaking Bishop Dies at 89
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com In the middle of Women’s History Month, the Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris, a barrier-breaking heroine, the first woman to be ordained and consecrated a Bishop in the global Anglican Communion, died, March 13, in Lincoln, Massachusetts, following a hospitalization in Boston. She was 89. The Rt. Rev. […]
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Rev. Barbara Harris, First Woman Bishop, Dies, 89
Ret. Rev. Barbara C. Harris, the first woman ordained and consecrated as Bishop in the Worldwide Anglican Communion, died Friday. She was 89. “Our hearts are truly heavy at the loss of one who has been a faithful and altogether irrepressible companion, pastor and inspiration to us in the Diocese of Massachusetts for 31 years,” […]
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Millennial Couple Launches $100M Affordable Housing Initiative
By BlackNews.com Atlanta, GA (via BlackNews.com) — Majesty and Elize are two career driven individuals who happened to match on a popular dating app. The pair quickly utilized Majesty’s entrepreneurial prowess and Elize’s marketing savvy to launch a successful real estate company. Within their first year of business, their company, INTL Realty Partners, cleared over […]
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Democrats See a Road Map for November in Michigan Results
By KAT STAFFORD, Associated Press Joe Biden’s decisive victory in Michigan’s presidential primary offers what some Democrats hope will be the road map for success in November — a high turnout powered by a coalition that extends into territory Donald Trump won in 2016. Biden beat Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders last Tuesday among key demographics […]
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7 Seek to Fill 1st Black Supreme Court Justice’s Seat
By JOHN O’CONNOR, AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Seven Democrats are vying for a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court once held by the high court’s fist black justice. Democrat Charles Freeman, who died March 2 at 86, held the post from 1990 to 2018, when he retired. P. Scott Neville, formerly an […]
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States Turn to Cash Reserves as Coronavirus Strains Budgets
By DAVID A. LIEB ,Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (AP) — States across the U.S. are allocating hundreds of millions of dollars to respond to the coronavirus, even as the U.S. government prepares to send billions more their way. Many states have built up sizable stockpiles in their “rainy day” funds during several robust years […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Rory Gamble Named First African American President of the UAW
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is one of the largest and most diverse unions in North America, with members in virtually every sector of the economy. Representing nearly 1 million current and retired members of all ethnicities and […]
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OPINION: Rev. Jesse Jackson, ‘Why I Support Sen. Bernie Sanders’
By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. I am proud to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for president of the United States. While I consider Joe Biden, his opponent for the Democratic Party nomination, a decent man, I stand with Sanders. Here is why. I stand with Sanders because it is vital that President Donald Trump is […]
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Johns Hopkins Hospital Says a ‘Provider’ has Coronavirus
By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A person identified as a “provider” at Johns Hopkins Hospital has tested positive for the coronavirus, a hospital spokeswoman has confirmed. Spokeswoman Kim Hoppe told The Baltimore Sun that the provider is at home recovering. Hoppe would not say what position the person holds at Johns Hopkins, but […]
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SC’s Longest Serving Black Lawmaker to Step Aside
By The Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A state senator who has served in the South Carolina General Assembly since 1975 said he will step aside at the end of the year. Sen. John Matthews, 79, said he will not file for reelection later this month. Senator John Matthews (Image courtesy Claflin University (Claflin.edu)) […]
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Cemetery Tours Highlight Savannah’s Black Heroes
By NICK ROBERTSON, Savannah Morning News SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Spanish moss swayed in the trees over Savannah’s windswept Laurel Grove South Cemetery on Saturday, Feb. 29 — the last day of Black History Month 2020 — as about 30 people gathered to join a free tour showcasing final resting places of the city’s African-American […]