A ‘pretty staggering’ 14 million Americans have already voted in the general election, according to an analysis Kenya Evelyn www.theguardian.comAs voters turn out in record numbers to choose between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, Americans continued to endure hours-long waits to vote early. A record of 14 million Americans have already voted in […]Read More
Judge Sotomayer: Lone Dissenter in Supreme Court Orderto End Census Count Today On Tuesday, the Supreme Court approved the Justice Department’s emergency request to suspend a lower court’s order to extend the 2020 census count.The ruling clears the way for President Trump to try to alter the count while in office by excluding unauthorized immigrants […]Read More
By Jason Parham, 07/24/15Donald Trump wants to be the next president of the United States. As with matters of such magnitude, it is important to understand where a candidate stands on critical issues, such as immigration, healthcare, domestic surveillance, marriage equality, abortion, and black people, who account for 13 percent of America’s population.Here, a collection of quotes […]Read More
Biden’s proposal is the latest effort to connect with Black voters and show how much Black men have to lose under four more years of Trump. Written by BET StaffJust a few days ago, President Donald Trump unveiled his Platinum Plan for Black America at a campaign stop in Atlanta. Amongst other things, the plan promises more loans for […]Read More
October is National Estate Planning Awareness Month. Historically, that kind of life planning exercise was associated with having a plan to care for family members and managing accumulated wealth in old age or following death. And that may be a reason less than 50% of adults in the U.S. have created a will or set […]Read More
1) Improperly filling out your ballot When you get your mail ballot, be sure to fill it out on a flat dry surface (no nearby coffee mugs or wine glasses) and carefully follow the instructions that come with it.Similar to the multiple-choice standardized tests you took in high school, ballot scanners can accept only certain colors […]Read More
Minutes after the conclusion of an interview with Ret. Det. Graham B. Weatherspoon on inequities in America’s Grand Jury system, news broke of questions raised in the Grand Jury procedure in the Breonna Taylor case in Kentucky, and the actions of D.A. Daniel Cameron.The new revelations raises a question Weatherspoon commented on an hour earlier: […]Read More
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) –the first African-American and Asian-American woman on a presidential ticket — will face off against Vice President Mike Pence during the 2020 election’s sole vice presidential debate on Wednesday, October 7 beginning at 9:00pm.It will be held at the University of Utah, and moderated by Susan Page, USA Today’s Washington bureau […]Read More
