Pelosi Is Playing Hardball on Coronavirus Relief. She Thinks She’ll Win.
August 9, 2020
WASHINGTON — As the clock ticked down Thursday on a self-imposed deadline for a breakthrough in coronavirus relief talks with no deal in sight, Jim Cramer, the brash CNBC host, had an on-air proposal for Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California.Why not try invoking the memory of the late civil rights icon John Lewis to try
Donald Trump continued his criticism of Joe Biden on Friday following the former Vice President’s remarks about diversity in the African American community. The President has repeatedly tried to frame Biden’s comments as evidence that he does not deserve votes from Black Americans. He made the claim again on Twitter. “After yesterday’s statement, Sleepy Joe
In Saturday primary, Honolulu voters may choose new path on criminal justice
August 7, 2020
Seven candidates are competing here, but recent polls show that only three of them have a good chance to advance to an all-but-certain second round in November: public defender Jacquie Esser; defense attorney Megan Kau, who is a former local prosecutor; and former Hawaii Circuit Court Judge Steve Alm, who served as U.S. attorney during
Democrats confront Trump officials over new policies slowing mail delivery
August 6, 2020
Campaign Action That postmaster general/donor, Louis DeJoy, has cut overtime for postal workers, ensuring backlogs, and has told workers to leave mail behind to wait until the next day under expanded circumstances. He’s also looking at instituting a much broader one-day delay on mail sorting and delivery. There can be no doubt that DeJoy is intentionally
Michelle Obama blames Trump for her ‘low-grade depression’
August 5, 2020
Former first lady Michelle Obama says she’s suffering from “low-grade depression” in part because of President Trump. “I’m dealing with some form of low-grade depression. Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife and just seeing this administration. Watching the hypocrisy of it day in and day out is dispiriting,” Obama
Kansas Republicans on Tuesday rebuffed the Senate bid of Kris W. Kobach, a polarizing figure in state politics and a staunch ally of President Trump’s. The result was a major relief to party leaders in Kansas and Washington who had worried that he would uniquely jeopardize the seat in the general election.Representative Roger Marshall, a
Maxine Waters Criticizes Trump for His Attacks Against Mail-In Ballots
August 4, 2020
Representative Maxine Waters (D-Calif) accused President Donald Trump of deliberately sabotaging the United States Postal Service as he’s mounted more attacks against vote-by-mail initiatives. “Trump put Postmaster DeJoy in charge of the postal service to dismantle the USPS & sabotage vote by mail. New procedures are causing massive delays,” Waters tweeted. She added: “Trump &
Mail Delays Fuel Concern Trump Is Undercutting Postal System Ahead of Voting
August 3, 2020
In the suburban Virginia district of Representative Gerald E. Connolly, a Democrat who leads the House subcommittee that oversees the Postal Service, 1,300 people voted by mail in a 2019 primary — last month, more than 34,000 did.“We are worried about new management at the Postal Service that is carrying out Trump’s avowed opposition to
During this past week many of us mourned the loss of John Lewis and the kind of greatness he had. The iconic civil rights leader was a man who refused to give up or give in after being beaten within an inch of his life. Those who knew him described him as someone you just
Trump sabotages postal service and census to rig elections in 2020 and beyond
August 1, 2020
Campaign Action Trump, however, has spent the past several months lying about mail voting by making baseless claims that it leads to voter fraud. Meanwhile, a rushed census exacerbates the already heightened risk of undercounts of certain populations, such as those who lack internet access or live in remote areas, due to the pandemic.
Voting by Mail Is Popular. So Is the False Idea That It’s Ripe for Fraud.
July 31, 2020
Top Republicans were quick to dismiss the suggestion of putting off Election Day — but Democrats went further, calling it evidence that the president would stop at nothing to throw doubt on the validity of an election that he currently appears likely to lose.At this moment of coronavirus-driven insecurity, where do Americans stand on voting
Tucker Carlson Calls Obama A ‘Greasy Politician’ In Unhinged Tantrum Over John Lewis Eulogy
July 31, 2020
Fox News host Tucker Carlson – whose top writer was forced to resign after he was exposed as a white supremacist – used his primetime program on Thursday to throw a tantrum about Barack Obama’s uplifting eulogy of civil rights hero John Lewis. During Carlson’s meltdown, he called Obama a “greasy politician” and lectured the
Clinton, Bush, Obama Will be at John Lewis Funeral, Trump Will Not
July 30, 2020
When long-serving and revered lawmakers pass away, it is customary for past and current Presidents to attend the funeral. This hasn’t been the case with Donald Trump. At the request of the family, Trump was not invited to the funeral of legendary Republican John McCain. While Trump did attend the services for former President George
Attorney General Barr is testifying to the House. His opening statement shows he’s ready to lie
July 28, 2020
But of course the entire investigation into the Trump campaign ties to Russia is part of what Barr is in the attorney general job to undo. As Barr puts it, he’s doing “everything I could to get to the bottom of the grave abuses involved in the bogus ‘Russiagate’ scandal,” and it’s just those partisan Democrats
Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia and a civil rights icon, will lie in state Monday in the Capitol Rotunda, the first Black lawmaker to receive one of the highest American honors, before a viewing for the public to be held outside.With the Capitol closed to the public amid the coronavirus pandemic, Mr. Lewis will
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
September 28, 2019
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson [George Jackson, Jean Genet, Jonathan Jackson Jr.] on . *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, Soledad Brother is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that failed to break his spirit
Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era (Justice, Power, and Politics)
September 28, 2019
Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era (Justice, Power, and Politics) [Ashley D. Farmer] on . *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In this comprehensive history, Ashley D. Farmer examines black women's political, social, and cultural engagement with Black Power ideals and organizations. Complicating the assumption that sexism relegated black women to the margins
Many Minds, One Heart: SNCC’s Dream for a New America
September 24, 2019
Many Minds, One Heart: SNCC's Dream for a New America [Wesley C. Hogan] on . *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. How did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee break open the caste system in the American South between 1960 and 1965? In this innovative study
The River of No Return: The Autobiography of a Black Militant and the Life and Death of SNCC
September 24, 2019
The River of No Return: The Autobiography of a Black Militant and the Life and Death of SNCC [Cleveland L. Sellers EdD., Robert L. Terrell] on . *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The classic memoir by Cleveland Sellers that offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into his volunteer work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during
The Origins of the Black Panther Party: History, Facts, Goals, Platform (2006)
February 27, 2016
David Hilliard (born May 15, 1942) was a member of the Black Panther Party. He was Chief of Staff in the party. He is currently a visiting instructor at the ...
Marcus Garvey: Black Nationalist (Notable Americans)
November 3, 2015
Marcus Garvey: Black Nationalist (Notable Americans) [Peggy Caravantes] on . *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Profiles Marcus Garvey, a self-educated black man who worked to end world-wide discrimination against Africans
A Way Out of No Way: The Spiritual Memoirs of Andrew Young
November 3, 2015
A Way Out of No Way: The Spiritual Memoirs of Andrew Young [Andrew Young] on . *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The stirring spiritual memoirs of Andrew Young--civil rights activist, minister, and statesman--show how God's hand led him through some of the most significant experiences of 20th-century America. Filled with eyewitness anecdotes
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Black Leaders on Leadership: Conversations with Julian Bond (Palgrave Studies in Oral History)
August 27, 2015
Black Leaders on Leadership: Conversations with Julian Bond (Palgrave Studies in Oral History) [P. Leffler] on . *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Drawing on a wealth of oral interviews, Conversations on Black Leadership uses the lives of prominent African Americans to trace the contours of Black leadership in America. Included here are fascinating accounts from
Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
August 27, 2015
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