The 20th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Walk and Parade will be held indoors at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Southeast D.C. on Jan. 18, featuring a parade, health fair, and student essay competition, with a theme of “Commit to the Noble Struggle for Equal Rights”.
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National Action Network announces 2025 Inauguration Day rally
Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network are planning a rally on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025 to protest the second presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, and to honor and defend Dr. King’s dream of justice, equality and change.
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Understanding the Electoral College
The Electoral College is a system used to elect the President of the United States, where each state is allocated a number of electoral votes based on its population size, and the candidate with at least 270 electoral votes wins the election.
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How stressed are American cities about the election? Plus, election anxiety tips from a psychologist
A recent study found that cities with Democratic-leaning populations were more stressed about the upcoming presidential election, while Republican-leaning cities fell near the bottom of the list.
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10 Ways to Be a Better Black Voter
Instead of spending the next eight weeks reacting to lies about Kamala Harris, let’s work to advance our political goals for the long term.
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Press Room: President, secretary-treasurer of AFSCME reelected by acclamation
Lee Saunders and Elissa McBride were reelected to four-year terms as President and Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) at the 46th AFSCME International Convention.
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Supreme Court is urged to rule Trump is ineligible to be president again because of the Jan. 6 riot
By Mark ShermanThe Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court should declare that Donald Trump is ineligible to be president again because he spearheaded the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn his 2020 election loss, lawyers leading the fight to keep him off the ballot told the justices on […]