By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Maxine Waters (D-CA.), the seemingly indomitable political firebrand who represents large swaths of South Central Los Angeles, is now taking fire politically from the Left, as well as the Right. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY.), the Senate Minority Leader recently attacked Waters during a speech on the Senate floor, describing her […]
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Man Stabs 9 People at Toddler’s Birthday Party
By The Associated Press A man who had been asked to leave an Idaho apartment complex because of bad behavior returned the next day and stabbed nine people, including six children, at a toddler’s birthday party, police said. Refugees from Syria, Iraq and Ethiopia were among the injured. Boise Police Chief William Bones said Sunday […]
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Protesters Flood U.S. Cities to Fight Trump Immigration Policy
By Ellen Knickmeyer, The Associated Press They wore white. They shook their fists in the air. They carried signs reading: “No more children in cages,” and “What’s next? Concentration Camps?” In major cities and tiny towns, hundreds of thousands of marchers gathered June 30 across America, moved by accounts of children separated from their parents at the […]
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Civil Rights Groups Want Supreme Court Vote Postponed
The Associated Press Various civil rights groups are backing calls from Democratic lawmakers to hold off on a vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s replacement until after the November elections. Vanita Gupta, head of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, says senators need to put country over party and use every […]
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Justice Roberts May Hold Key Vote as Supreme Court Moves Right
By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press Chief Justice John Roberts is the Supreme Court’s new man in the middle. It’s just that the middle may have moved well to the right. The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy means Roberts probably will be the conservative justice closest to the court’s four liberals, allowing him to control […]
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Oprah-Backed ‘Rape of Recy Taylor’ Recounts Black Woman’s Ordeal
By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer When Oprah Winfrey saluted unheralded #MeToo crusaders at the Golden Globes last January, she chose a rape victim from 1940s Alabama to drive home her point. “Recy Taylor, a name I know, and I think you should know, too,” Winfrey said, sketching the outlines of the African-American woman’s assault by […]
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Georgia Officer Charged in Shooting Black Man
By JEFF MARTIN, The Associated Press A White Georgia police officer accused of fatally shooting a Black man had only been on the job a year and a half. But during that time, he’d already earned one suspension for using his personal vehicle in a high-speed chase and — after a Black resident complained to the […]
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The Day (and Night) Ben Jealous Won the Democratic Gov. Primary
By J. K. Schmid, Special to the AFRO What follows is an intimate account of Ben Jealous’ final day of campaigning before his decisive primary win. Polls are open at Barack Obama Elementary School June 26 at 7 a.m. Ben Jealous’ boosters are already out in force, waving signs, waving to voters, and waving down cars […]
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New Bill Seeks to Help Returning Citizens
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com On May 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill, “The Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed, Safely Transitioning Every Person Act” (FIRST STEP) by a bipartisan vote, 360-59. The bill was co-sponsored by U.S. Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), a member of the CBC, and Doug Collins (R-Ga.). “The […]
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Charlottesville Driver Faces Federal Hate Crime Charges
By The Associated Press Federal hate crime charges were filed June 27 against a man accused of plowing a car into a crowd of people protesting a White nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing a woman and injuring dozens more. The Department of Justice announced that an indictment returned Wednesday charges 21-year-old James Alex Fields […]
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Joe Jackson, Family Patriarch, Dies at 89
By The Associated Press Joseph Jackson, the strong, fearsome patriarch of the musical Jackson family, has died, according to a person close to the family. The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to discuss the topic publicly, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he died but […]
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Officer Charged with Homicide in Shooting of Antwon Rose
By The Associated Press A Pennsylvania police officer who shot an unarmed Black teenager has been charged with criminal homicide. The charge against East Pittsburgh Officer Michael Rosfeld is included in court records obtained by media organizations. It wasn’t known June 27 if the 30-year-old Penn Hills resident has retained an attorney, and the district […]