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Gov. Wes Moore unveils actions on Juneteenth aimed at closing the racial wealth gap

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced a pair of new executive actions on Thursday aimed at restoring justice and closing the racial wealth gap for Black Americans in the state. Marking the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth, now a federal holiday commemorating the end of the enslavement of Americans of African descent, America’s only Black governor announced a new executive clemency order for nonviolent cannabis offenses. Governor Moore has also approved more than 400 “Just Communities” to receive priority consideration for housing […]

todayJune 19, 2025 1

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Harris’ closing speech at Ellipse is ‘powerful’ symbolism of race and democracy

Vice President Kamala Harris commanded the prime-time television airwaves on Tuesday evening as she delivered her closing arguments in prosecuting the case against Donald Trump at the ballot box and her “forward” vision for America.  The venue of her major speech — the Ellipse — is a symbolic one. The 52-acre park outside the White House’s South Lawn is where Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump held his “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021.  A massive 75,000-person crowd descended […]

todayOctober 29, 2024

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Harris to give her campaign’s closing argument at the Ellipse, where Trump helped spark Capitol riot

ASTON, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to lay out her campaign’s closing argument by returning to the site near the White House where Donald Trump helped incite a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 — hoping it will crystalize for voters the fight between defending democracy and sowing political chaos. Her campaign says Harris will give a speech at the Ellipse on Tuesday — one week before Election Day — and will urge the nation to “turn the […]

todayOctober 24, 2024 2