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Georgia election worker suing Rudy Giuliani tells jurors that his lies made her fear for her life

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scared for her life after Rudy Giuliani and other Donald Trump allies falsely accused her of fraud, former Georgia election worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss told jurors Tuesday she seldom leaves her home, suffers from panic attacks and battles nightmares brought on by a barrage of threatening and racist messages. Wandrea “Shaye” Moss took the witness stand on the second day of the defamation trial that will determine how much the former New York City mayor will have […]

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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity files legal objection to Georgia’s political maps

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity has launched legal challenges to Georgia’s newly drafted election maps. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that attorneys for the Divine Nine fraternity active in civil rights causes filed objections Tuesday, claiming the maps fail to create more opportunities for Black voters to select candidates for Congress and the General Assembly. Last week, Gov. Brian Kemp signed new legislative and congressional political maps into law following a federal judge’s ruling that the districts drawn up by the Republican-led […]

todayDecember 22, 2023

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Advocates urge White House to ‘save’ Black lives, end delay on menthol cigarettes

Civil rights leaders and national Black organizations are calling on the Biden-Harris administration to end what they say is a delay in ruling to ban menthol cigarettes that pose a serious health threat to Black lives.  “Researchers have estimated that prohibiting [menthol] cigarettes can save up to 654,000 lives within the next 40 years,” said Shavon Arline-Bradley, president and CEO of the National Council of Negro Women, during a press call last week with civil rights leaders.   She added, “And […]

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Biden takes credit for Black small business boom in America

President Joe Biden is taking credit for what the Biden-Harris administration says has been a boom for Black-owned small businesses, which have seen the fastest-growing pace in over 30 years. “I’m here to celebrate the progress we’re making support Black small businesses here and around the country,” Biden said on Wednesday during his trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to highlight the administration’s billions of dollars of investments in Black entrepreneurship. The president added, “When Black small businesses grow…the community benefits, everyone […]

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In federal challenge to Mississippi law, arguments focus on racial discrimination and public safety

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge will consider arguments over racial discrimination, public safety and local democracy as he decides whether to block appointments to a state-run court set to be created on Jan. 1 in part of Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city. Attorneys for Mississippi and the NAACP, who represent Jackson residents suing the state, each laid out their arguments Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate. The federal judge will decide whether to grant the NAACP’s motion for […]

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Watch: Immigrants of color unfairly targeted?

On this week’s edition of “The Hill with April Ryan,” theGrio’s Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent, April D. Ryan, discusses the uptick in the number of people crossing the U.S.-southern border and the rise of immigrants overstaying their visas in the United States. “The Hill” also takes a look at a new challenge to affirmative action, this time against a San Francisco organization that gives stipends to pregnant women to reduce the disproportionate number of Black women dying […]

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Jury awards $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers over Rudy Giuliani’s 2020 vote lies

WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment. The damages verdict follows emotional testimony from Wandrea “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, who tearfully described becoming the target of a false conspiracy theory pushed by Giuliani and other Republicans as they tried to keep then-President Donald Trump in power after […]

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Boston mayor defends holiday party for elected officials of color

BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s first Asian American mayor, Michelle Wu, is defending her decision to host a holiday party for elected officials of color. Wu said the “Electeds of Color Holiday Party” held on Wednesday has been a fixture in Boston politics for more than a decade without any complaints. Earlier this week, a member of Wu’s staff mistakenly sent the entire city council an invitation to the party at the city-owned Parkman House near the Massachusetts Statehouse. A short […]

todayDecember 20, 2023 1

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Exclusive: Rep. Barbara Lee and CBC members’ letter addresses layoffs of Black tech employees 

Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California and several other Congressional Black Caucus members have written a letter to Julie Su, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, to address the disproportionate layoffs of Black tech employees.   An excerpt from the letter reads, “We write to express our concerns with recent reports highlighting the impacts of widespread layoffs within the tech industry and its disproportionate impacts on the African American community and women.” “Tech companies who previously agreed to […]

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