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Watch: Exonerated Five concerned about safety amid Trump defamation case, attorney says

The outcome of this Nov. 5 presidential election will determine the speed at which a lawsuit filed against former President Donald Trump by the Exonerated Five, formerly known as the Central Park Five, will move forward in federal court. The lawsuit, filed on Oct. 21 against Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, alleges that on Sept. 10,  Trump defamed the five Black and Latino men during the ABC News televised presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.   During a recent interview […]

todayOctober 29, 2024

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Why Black people should be concerned if Trump is a ‘fascist’ as Harris and others claim

During her CNN town hall Wednesday night in Pennsylvania in a room of undecided voters, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris went as far as to call her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, a “fascist.” When asked if the vice president agreed with Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly, a retired Marine Corps general, and Trump’s former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, that Trump is a fascist, Harris said emphatically, “I do.”  Later in the 75-minute town hall, Harris said […]

todayOctober 24, 2024 1

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Congressional members concerned TikTok ban will harm entrepreneurs, content creators 

Some members of the U.S. House of Representatives are standing firm on their opposition against a bill that would ban TikTok. U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told theGrio that banning the app will “take away free speech for 170 million Americans.” “A lot of the videos on the app are questioning the political establishment, money in politics, and our policy in Gaza,” noted the progressive Democratic lawmaker. He added, “There needs to be a platform where people express their views.” […]

todayMarch 14, 2024

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Rep. Jamaal Bowman is ‘not concerned’ with AIPAC’s campaign to unseat him and ‘Squad’ members

U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York told theGrio, “I’m not concerned” after the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) announced it would invest millions of dollars to unseat him and other congressional Democrats known as “the Squad.” “I’m still going to continue to speak truth to power and continue to focus on doing the work for the people of my district,” said Bowman. Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York is one of several Democrats that AIPAC wants to remove from Congress because […]

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