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Ahead of debate, Black voters should know this about Trump and Project 2025

As President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump prepare to spar on Thursday in the 2024 election’s first presidential debate, many are sounding the alarm about the dangers of Project 2025 and its implications for Black and brown voters.Project 2025, formerly called the 2025 Presidential Transition Project, is a wide-ranging manifesto of policy priorities and prescriptions for the next Republican president. If Trump reclaims the White House, the plan calls for several actions that would upend the federal government […]

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NAACP fund seeks to close Black voter registration and turnout gaps ahead of the November election

WASHINGTON (AP) — The NAACP on Wednesday announced that nonprofits engaged in a variety of voter-engagement efforts can apply for grant funding that helps local organizations register voters, boost turnout and guard against minority disenfranchisement. The leading civil rights organization said it hopes to raise $15 million for its Building Community Voice Fund. Dominik Whitehead, the NAACP’s vice president of campaigns, said it was created as a response to numerous attacks on voting rights that followed a significant jump in […]

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Watch: Exclusive interview with Morehouse president ahead of Biden commencement speech

Ahead of President Joe Biden’s travels to Morehouse College for the historically Black institution’s commencement address, the college’s president, Dr. David Thomas, joined “The Hill with April Ryan.” The president’s appearance comes as some schools canceled commencement ceremonies amid campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war that has created a humanitarian crisis for Palestinians in Gaza. However, such mass protests have not hit HBCUs like Morehouse. However, HBCU students have been vocal about the treatment of Palestinians as they feel of […]

todayMay 16, 2024 1

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Heated North Carolina governor’s race ahead with Democrat Josh Stein vs. Republican Mark Robinson

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Democratic attorney general and the Republican lieutenant governor won North Carolina’s primaries for governor on Tuesday, setting the stage for what will be an expensive and high-stakes November contest in a state that the two parties see as a pivotal battleground. Josh Stein and Mark Robinson, each of whom turned back multiple party rivals, will present stark contrasts for voters in the ninth-largest state’s fall elections. In separate election-night victory speeches, each candidate laid out policy and […]

todayMarch 7, 2024 1

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Members of Congress, Gen Z activists demand President Biden address key issues ahead of the 2024 presidential election

Members of Congress and Gen Z activists are calling on the Biden-Harris administration to commit to the “Finish the Job” agenda ahead of the 2024 presidential race. On Wednesday, Reps. Summer Lee, D-Pa., Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., Greg Casar, D-Texas, Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt. and members of Gen-Z for Change, March for Our Lives, Sunrise Movement and United We Dream Action held a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington to D.C. to call for President Joe […]

todayMarch 6, 2024 1

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Abortion rights advocates rally for reproductive rights ahead of Roe v. Wade anniversary

As the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision approaches, reproductive rights advocates continue to fight on behalf of marginalized communities impacted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark ruling. Rachel O’Leary Carmona, executive director of the Women’s March, on Saturday led one of several marches that took place across the country as she and others continue to fight for abortion rights.  She told theGrio that she was marching in Phoenix “as a commemoration and as […]

todayJanuary 21, 2024 2

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Tim Scott dismissed as ‘GOP’s apologist on race’ ahead of Trump endorsement

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., will reportedly endorse Donald Trump for president, becoming the latest former GOP primary opponent of Trump to back his 2024 campaign to return to the White House. According to The New York Times, he will make the endorsement official during a Trump rally in New Hampshire on Friday night. Scott, who was the only Black candidate in the Republican presidential primary race, is the highest-ranking Black Republican in the United States.  Democrats and advocates swiftly dismissed […]

todayJanuary 19, 2024 1

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What should be on Black voters’ radar ahead of 2024 elections

The 2024 election is just over 300 days away, with plenty of races and policy issues for Black voters to dive into in the months ahead.  In addition to the likely repeat matchup between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to determine who will run the White House for the next four years, elections across all 50 states of America will determine political leadership on the state and federal levels for the next two to six years.  In […]

todayJanuary 7, 2024 1

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U.S. democracy has persevered with more challenges ahead

Over the past three years, the world’s oldest democracy has been tested in ways not seen in decades. A sitting president tried to overturn an election and his supporters stormed the Capitol to stop the winner from taking power. Supporters of that attack launched a campaign against local election offices, chasing out veteran administrators and pushing conservative states to pass new laws making it harder to vote. At the same time, the past three years proved that American democracy was resilient. A placard that states “VOTE DEFEND DEMOCRACY on […]

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