By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia The coming weeks will tell if President Joe Biden’s “forceful” voting rights speech in Georgia on Tuesday, January 11, results in any tangible movement to blunt suppressing laws in Republican-led states around the country. Notably, the next several days will also reveal...
Congressional Black Caucus Announces New Executive Director
NNPA Newswire Staff Report Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) and the Congressional Black Caucus announced Vincent Evans as Executive Director for the 117th Congress. “We are thrilled to welcome Vincent Evans to the Congressional Black Caucus. As a leader for effective change, Vincent will help the CBC reach greater heights...
Voting Rights Battle Ahead in Early 2022
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor With the clear indication that Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) are against changing the filibuster rules in the U.S. Senate, a big battle over the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 is ahead in early...
U.S. Rep. Troy Carter Concludes First Leg of Districtwide ‘Building a Better Louisiana Infrastructure Tour’
U.S. Rep. Troy A. Carter Sr., recently concluded the first installment of his districtwide ‘Building a Better Louisiana Infrastructure Tour’ to highlight the impact that investments from the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Acts (IIJA) will bring to Louisiana’s Second Congressional District. During his four events, he highlighted $41.6 million for...
First Anti-Critical Race Theory Complaint in Tennessee Targets Martin Luther King, Jr. Book
By Lauren Victoria BurkeNNPA Newswire Contributor A group called Moms for Liberty has filed an 11-page complaint alleging that the book “Martin Luther King Jr and the March on Washington” is “anti-American.” The complaint is the first to be filed under Tennessee’s new anti-critical race theory law. The new law specifically...
Study Shows Police Killings in U.S. Have Been Widely Undercounted
Last summer, after the May 25, 2020 killing of George Floyd by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, there were protests in the streets around the U.S. The moment brought forward even more analysis over police violence. Over the last five years several high-profile killings of African Americans in the...
Stacey Abrams Governor Run Provides a Jolt for the 2022 Midterms
A Democrat and noted voting rights advocate, Stacey Abrams lost to Kemp by just over one percentage point in their controversial 2018 battle. Her activism helped Democrats claim the majority in the U.S. Senate when Georgia Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff defeated Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in...
African Americans, Democrats Say They Still Support BLM Movement
Researchers conducted by the national polling site, Civiqs, revealed that 44 percent of Americans support the Black Lives Matter Movement, while 43 percent said they oppose the campaign. Approximately 11 percent of respondents reported that they neither support nor oppose the campaign, which began in 2012 in response to a...
Build Back Better Act Could Be Transformative, But Will the Senate Pass It?
By Jane Kennedy | Trice Edney Newswire (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Frequently compared to President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the $1.9 trillion package – the Build Back Better Act – includes investments in child and elder care, universal pre-K, and an extension of the child tax credit to provide economic security for...
Amid Challenge, Black Pastors and Churches Mobilize to Brunswick, GA for Ahmaud Arbery Trial
By Pat BryantFor The New Orleans Tribune Photos by Beatrice McBride Black pastors, churches, and communities across the United States have been summoned to Brunswick, GA. by Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jamal Bryant, and Benjamin Crump after statements in court made by Attorney Kevin Gough. Gough, a defense lawyer for...