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Booker breaks Senate floor speech record held by segregationist who opposed Black civil rights

U.S. Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., broke the record for the longest speech given on the Senate floor on Tuesday as he protested the first 71 days of President Donald Trump’s administration. Booker officially broke the record at 7:19 p.m. Ironically, Booker surpassed the previous record — 24 hours and 18 minutes — held by Sen. Strom Thurmond, a segregationist who used the Senate procedure known as a filibuster in an effort to block the passage of landmark civil rights legislation […]

todayApril 1, 2025

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Lessons from the elections held in 70 countries in 2024

LONDON (AP) — When voters around the globe had their say in 2024, their message was often: “You’re fired.” Some 70 countries that are home to half the world’s population held elections this year, and in many incumbents were punished. From India and the United States to Japan, France and Britain, voters tired of economic disruption and global instability rejected sitting governments — and sometimes turned to disruptive outsiders. The rocky democratic landscape just seemed to get bumpier as a dramatic year careened toward its end, with mass protests in Mozambique and Georgia, an […]

todayDecember 31, 2024

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Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy for Black man who died after being held down by Milwaukee hotel guards

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton is scheduled deliver a eulogy for a Black man who died last month after being pinned to the ground by hotel security guards in Milwaukee, his office said Tuesday. The death of Dvontaye Mitchell has drawn comparisons to the murder of George Floyd, a Black man killed in 2020 after a white police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck. Sharpton, a longtime activist and leader who serves on the U.S. Commission on […]

todayJuly 10, 2024