By Stephen D. Riley, Special to AFRO United States president Donald Trump continues to single-handedly battle sporting leagues; this time taking aim at NBA face LeBron James on a Twitter attack. In an interview with popular Black journalist Don Lemon early last week, James opened up about several things but turned heads when he accused Trump […]
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As Ellison Departs Congress, Omar Chases Another First
By YOUSSEF RDDAD, Associated Press COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — In a coffee shop at the edge of a working-class Minneapolis suburb, not far from the high school Ilhan Omar attended in the years after she immigrated to the U.S., some two dozen people crowded around a table to hear her make the case for […]
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Police Called on Black Student Eating Lunch at Smith College
By The Associated Press NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts college president is apologizing after campus police were called to investigate a Black student quietly eating her lunch in a common room. Smith College President Kathleen McCartney says in a letter Thursday the college is hiring a “third-party investigator” to review the incident and that […]
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Trump Rips LeBron James’ Smarts Hours Before Rally in Ohio
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Ahead of campaigning in Ohio on Saturday, President Donald Trump unleashed a withering attack on the state’s favorite son, savaging NBA star LeBron James in a late-night tweet that derided the intelligence of one of the nation’s most prominent African-American men. Melania Trump’s spokeswoman quickly distanced […]
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U.S. Senate Democrats Increase Minority Hiring
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com Senate Democrats have improved their hiring of people of color but only slightly. The survey, “Diversity Among U.S. Senate Democratic Staff on June 30, 2018,” commissioned by Senate Democrats, showed only a slight increase in the number of non-White Democratic staffers across 49 Senate personal offices and 19 committees. […]
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Robert E. Lee Statue Vandalized on Richmond’s Monument Ave.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Richmond’s famed Monument Avenue has been vandalized. Red paint was splattered on the statue’s base. The letters BLM, an apparent reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, was also sprayed on the base. Investigators look at the vandalism on the Robert E. […]
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Warren at Black University: Criminal Justice System ‘Racist’
By BILL BARROW and CHEVEL JOHNSON, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Speaking Friday at a historically Black university, potential Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren delivered what she called “the hard truth about our criminal justice system: It’s racist … I mean front to back.” The Massachusetts senator identified some of the system’s failures: disproportionate […]
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22 Former Justice Thomas Clerks Have Jobs Thanks to Trump
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While the spotlight is on the two former clerks to Justice Anthony Kennedy whom President Donald Trump has nominated to the Supreme Court, the influence of the court’s most conservative justice, Clarence Thomas, is felt more widely throughout the Trump administration. Twenty-two Thomas clerks, roughly 20 percent […]
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From Ghana to Virginia, Naming Tradition Travels With Family
By MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS, Richmond Times-Dispatch NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A life preserver with the message “Welcome Aboard” decorates the front door, a greeting befitting a Navy family. Inside, above the entrance, a framed sign reads: “Home is where your story begins.” Bernard Akoli and his wife, Adwoa Essel-Akoli, had welcomed their newborn son six […]
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As More Minnesota Muslims Seek Office, Some Face a Backlash
By IBRAHIM HIRSI of MinnPost MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two months ago, Fardousa Jama did something no other Muslim woman in south-central Minnesota has done: She filed to run for a city council seat in Mankato. Then on the Fourth of July, Jama took to the streets with her 8-year-old niece, Mai, for a door-knocking campaign, […]
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Baltimore City, Others, File Federal Lawsuit Against Trump Over ACA
By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore and several other cities are suing President Donald Trump’s administration in federal court for allegedly sabotaging the Affordable Care Act. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on behalf of Baltimore; Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chicago. Residents of Charlottesville, Virginia, also are […]
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Omarosa’s Back, Charges Trump Showed Signs of Mental Decline
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former White House staffer is claiming in a new book that President Donald Trump has exhibited a “mental decline that could not be denied.” An excerpt from Omarosa Manigault-Newman’s new book was published Thursday by DailyMail.com. In this Feb. 11, 2017 file photo, Omarosa Manigault arrives at […]