By Lauren Poteat, Special to the AFRO Life may have just gotten a little sweeter for small performing arts venues and artists, looking to capitalize on the intimacy, originality and authenticity of their local music. On Oct. 30, legislation B22-577 the “Performing Arts Promotion Amendment Act of 2017,” originally proposed by Councilmember Robert White (D- […]
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INSIDE A TRUMP RALLY: What are Black Trump Supporters Thinking?
By Lee Eric Smith, Tri-State Defender Memphis YouTube Video: YouTube.com/watch?v=vK7wj3XAPIQ By now, no one should be surprised that Kanye West is a fan of President Donald Trump. It’s been months since he first posted a selfie wearing a “Make America Great Again” cap, so the surprise should be gone. And yet, there we were again Monday […]
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Kemp Embraces White Nationalist Support, Literally
By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, syoes@afro.com Brian Kemp, Georgia’s Secretary of State, who is locked in a titanic struggle with Stacy Abrams, the former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, for Georgia governor’s mansion, has engaged in a divisive campaign, which apparently includes the embrace of the state’s violent, right-wing elements. According to a […]
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Milwaukee Group Hopes to Encourage Black Community to Vote
By The Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — There are widespread efforts in Milwaukee to encourage the Black community to vote in the upcoming November midterm election. Souls to the Polls is a group that recruits canvassers at churches, Wisconsin Public Radio reported . The canvassers are trained and go door-to-door with pamphlets with information on […]
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Georgia Election Fight Shows That Black Voter Suppression Still Flourishes
By Frederick Knight, Morehouse College (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has been sued for suppressing minority votes after an Associated Press investigation revealed a month before November’s midterm election that his office has not approved […]
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Trump Hosts Young Blacks, Marvels at Kanye’s Impact
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told young Black conservatives Friday that his approval ratings among Black voters shot up after Kanye West’s recent visit to the White House, saying the rapper “may be the most powerful man in all of politics.” The president played host at an East Room […]
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Obama Rips Trump, GOP in Fiery Speeches for Midwest Dems
By IVAN MORENO and DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump’s tenure in office Friday in fiery speeches in Milwaukee and Detroit that took aim at him and other Republicans for “making stuff up.” The speeches were among Obama’s sharpest and most direct takedowns of Trump’s presidency, […]
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Maryland Early Voting Over Double 2014 Totals so Far
By The Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — So far more than double the number of people has voted early in Maryland compared to the midterms four years ago. State election officials told The Baltimore Sun nearly 170,000 people have voted through the first two days of early voting through Friday night. The newspaper says the […]
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Kanye West Makes Cameo Showing for Chicago Mayoral Hopeful
By The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Fresh off his bizarre Oval Office visit with President Donald Trump, hip-hop megastar Kanye West drew a crowd when he joined a Democratic mayoral hopeful and Chance the Rapper in a sidewalk appearance on Chicago’s South Side. West didn’t say anything during Amara Enyia’s event in Woodlawn Tuesday […]
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Hogan Keeps Fundraising Edge Over Jealous
By The Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is maintaining a large fundraising advantage over Democrat Ben Jealous. Hogan has raised about $2.4 million in the latest fundraising period, and his opponent Ben Jealous has raised about $1.8 million. In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate […]
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More Suspicious Packages Found, These to Booker, Clapper
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Suspicious packages addressed to New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper — and similar in appearance to pipe bomb devices sent to other prominent Democrats — have been intercepted, the FBI said Friday, as investigators scrambled from […]
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Gillum, DeSantis Exchange Insults in Final Florida Debate
By TERRY SPENCER and BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — The candidates for Florida governor decried extreme political divisiveness on a day when pipe bombs were mailed to Democratic leaders, but then they immediately began intense name-calling during their final debate Wednesday. Republican former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis and Democratic Tallahassee Mayor Andrew […]