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After Trump pardon, ex-boxer Charles Duke Tanner uses his second chance for criminal justice reform

When former professional boxer Charles Duke Tanner learned that President Donald Trump had issued him a pardon on May 28, he was completely shocked. “Like in the boxing world, it was a punch that I didn’t see, and you know, those are the ones that knock you out,” Tanner told theGrio days after the life-altering clemency. Tanner was convicted and sentenced to life in 2004 for a first-time drug offense. He’d been part of a drug trafficking ring and was […]

todayJune 1, 2025 3

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Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for the first time that former presidents have some immunity from prosecution, extending the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ending prospects the former president could be tried before the November election. In a historic 6-3 ruling, the justices returned Trump’s case to the trial court to determine what is left of special counsel […]

todayJuly 2, 2024

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UK’s longest-serving Black MP denied chance to speak during debate on racism at least 46 times

Diane Abbott, the first elected Black woman and the longest-serving Black member of Parliament, blasted United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for denying her the ability to ask questions during a debate over racist remarks that were allegedly made about her. The Guardian reported on Monday that Frank Hester, a conservative donor to the British Conservative Party, also known as the Tory Party, allegedly said that Abbott “should be shot” and that “you just want to hate all Black women […]

todayMarch 15, 2024 1

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At State of the Union, Biden gets chance to tell Black America how he’s had their backs

President Joe Biden will deliver what will likely be the most important and watched speech of his political career on Thursday evening as he gives his third and final State of the Union address of his first presidential term.  In the backdrop of his televised primetime remarks, Biden, 81, is seeking reelection as he stares down a likely competitive rematch against former President Donald Trump, 77, in November.  Black voters, who played an outsized role in the Biden-Harris administration’s historic […]

todayMarch 7, 2024