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Fani Willis calls out Trump and Republicans as ‘scared little boys,’ slams attacks on DEI

Fani Willis, Atlanta’s high-profile district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, isn’t keeping quiet amid continued attempts to investigate her in the aftermath of her now stalled criminal prosecution of President Donald Trump. “They picked the right lady at the right time,” Willis said of Republicans in recently published remarks at the Atlanta NAACP’s first annual women’s brunch last week. “I plan to continue to follow my oath. And I don’t really care how many times you threaten me…you can investigate […]

todayApril 7, 2025 1

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Booker, Crockett, and Green? They Don’t Speak for Me!

In a nation still reeling from its unresolved legacy of slavery, elected officials who claim to champion justice must be held to account—not by party affiliation or media acclaim, but by the measurable impact of their actions. Yet today in this day and age, Cory Booker, Jasmine Crockett, and Al Green stand as case studies in political performance over reparative progress. Their recent actions—ranging from dramatic speeches to civil rights-era song renditions—might inspire headlines, but they do not advance the […]

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‘Hands Off!’ protests against Trump and Musk are planned across the US

Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk plan to rally across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration’s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues. More than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations have been planned by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans and fair-elections activists. The protests are planned for the National Mall in Washington, D.C., state capitols and other locations in all 50 states. The White House did not return an email […]

todayApril 5, 2025 1

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Former President Barack Obama calls out Trump double standard: ‘Imagine if I had done any of this’

Former U.S. President Barack Obama called out a double standard, suggesting that if he had done what President Donald Trump has in his first few months in office, the public outrage would be loud and swift. “Imagine if I had done any of this,” Obama said on Thursday during an on-stage interview at Hamilton College, according to CNN. “It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me or a whole bunch […]

todayApril 5, 2025 3

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Keisha Lance Bottoms says she will ‘soon’ decide on whether to run for Georgia governor

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has yet again hinted that she intends to run for governor of Georgia. She confirmed her plans while speaking at the Leading Women Defined Summit on Thursday. Bottoms, who served as mayor of Atlanta from 2018 to 2022, said in a statement following her remarks to the room of Black women, “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reminded us that there is a ‘fierce urgency of now.’ For the people of Georgia, that includes having leaders […]

todayApril 4, 2025

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Trump says he’s giving TikTok another 75 days to find a US buyer

President Donald Trump on Friday said is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership. Congress had mandated that the platform be divested from China by Jan. 19 or barred in the U.S. on national security grounds, but Trump moved unilaterally to extend the deadline to this weekend, as he sought to negotiate an […]

todayApril 4, 2025

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Kamala Harris speaks out against Trump: ‘I’m not here to say I told you so’

Former Vice President Kamala Harris spoke out for the first time publicly against President Donald Trump and his first few months in office on Thursday at the Leading Women Defined Summit in California. Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee who lost to Trump in the 2024 election last November, briefly addressed the unprecedented actions taken by the Trump administration–like bypassing congressional authority to close down agencies, cutting funding for programs already approved, and firing tens of thousands of federal workers, including […]

todayApril 4, 2025

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Education Department threatens funding for public schools over DEI-but doesn’t clarify what counts as DEI

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday sent a memo to states receiving Title I funding threatening to withhold federal money from any public schools that do not eliminate all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The move is an escalation by the Trump administration in an effort to force public schools across the country to comply with an executive order—which characterizes DEI as “illegal discrimination”—signed by President Donald Trump. According to USA Today, the Education Department memo does not […]

todayApril 3, 2025 1

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Black small business owners brace for impact of President Trump’s tariffs

President Donald Trump‘s Wednesday announcement of soaring reciprocal tariffs on U.S. imports has resulted in a slump in global markets and serious concerns among investors and consumers alike. The concerns are particularly felt by Black small businesses. “I’m concerned as to whether we’ll be able to survive this,” said Gladys Harrison, owner of Big Mama’s Kitchen & Catering in Omaha, Nebraska. Harrison told theGrio that despite opening the soul food eatery’s doors during the 2007 financial crisis and enduring the […]

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