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Harris, Obamas and voting rights leaders work to turn out Black voters in run-up to Election Day

MIAMI (AP) — Concerts and carnivals hosted at polling precincts. “Souls to the Polls” mobilizations after Sunday service. And star-studded rallies featuring Hollywood actors, business leaders, musical artists and activists. Such seemingly disparate efforts all have a single goal: boost Black voter turnout ahead of Election Day. How Black communities turn out in the 2024 election has been scrutinized due to the pivotal role Black voters have played in races for the White House, Congress and state legislatures across the […]

todayNovember 4, 2024 3

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Will Kamala Harris be elected the 47th president? Here’s what Black leaders think

In less than 48 hours, Kamala Harris could make history as the 47th president of the United States. However, if polls are any indication, the outcome of the presidential contest between Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump could be razor-thin. If victorious, Kamala Harris will pull off perhaps the most stunning win for the White House, having been a presidential candidate for just a little over 100 days following President Joe Biden shockingly dropping out of the race in July. […]

todayNovember 4, 2024

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Here’s why you should vote for Kamala Harris 

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. As Vice President Kamala Harris explained in a powerful speech outside the White House on Tuesday attended by tens of thousands of supporters, including me, the personal stakes for each of us are incredibly high in the 2024 election. We all have a great deal to gain by electing Harris president. We have everything to lose if former President […]

todayNovember 3, 2024

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Kamala Harris gives self pep talk, takes dig at Trump during ‘SNL’ appearance 

Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” just days before American voters decide whether or not she will be elected the 47th president of the United States.  The Democratic presidential nominee joined comedian Maya Rudolph for a brief skit during the late-night comedy variety show’s cold open. Rudolph has famously portrayed a comedic, dramatized version of Harris on SNL throughout the election cycle.  During the scene, Rudolph, as Kamala Harris, reflects on the last […]

todayNovember 3, 2024 3

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Unpacking Sexyy Red voting for Kamala Harris after praising Trump

In a major social media endorsement of Kamala Harris, hip-hop star Sexyy Red announced on Friday that she voted for the Democratic presidential nominee. During early voting in Missouri, the St. Louis rapper posted photos of herself sporting “I Voted!” stickers as she posed in front of a Black SUV, presumably after casting her ballot.  “I just voted!!! Don’t tell us what to do with our coochies!! #Kamala4President,” captioned the musician, whose real name is Janae Nierah Wherry.The announcement may […]

todayNovember 1, 2024 2

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Kamala Harris says Trump’s comment on women ‘is offensive to everybody’

PHOENIX (AP) — Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women whether they “like it or not” shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s rights “to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies.” “I think it’s offensive to everybody, by the way,” Harris said before she set out to spend the day campaigning in the Western battleground states of Arizona and Nevada. She followed up those remarks at her […]

todayNovember 1, 2024 8

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Harris stood for workers like me on the picket line. Trump stood for the execution of innocent Black men. I’m standing with Harris.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. When William Lucy and Martin Luther King Jr. led thousands of Black Memphis sanitation workers on strike in 1968, Lucy’s powerful statement defined a movement: “I am a MAN.” The movement demanded respect, better pay, safer working conditions, and the same opportunities as white men for a better life.  The same fight continues today. I am a father of […]

todayOctober 31, 2024

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Inspired by Harris, many Black sorority and fraternity members are helping downballot races

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes isn’t a member of the historically Black sororities and fraternities known as the “Divine Nine.” But throughout her hotly contested reelection campaign this year, Hayes, the first Black woman to represent Connecticut in Congress, has sometimes felt like she’s a fellow soror, the term used by Black Greek organizations for sorority sisters. On their own, members have shown up to call voters, organize fundraisers, knock on doors, cheer Hayes on at campaign events and […]

todayOctober 31, 2024

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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