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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 […]

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Black Voters Matter co-founder says Trump ‘ain’t sh—t’ and election is a reprimand on racism

LaTosha Brown wants undecided Black voters this election cycle to know one thing about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump: He “ain’t s–t.”Brown’s voting rights organization, Black Voters Matter PAC, recently used the explicit phrase about Trump in an election ad aimed at setting the record straight about his presidency. “Did you know that Trump wanted the military to actually shoot Black Lives Matter protesters?” Brown says in the ad, which includes Black Voters Matter co-founder Cliff Albright, journalist Roland Martin […]

October 30, 2024

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Kamala Harris sees surge with Black male voters in latest polls

Vice President Kamala Harris is seeing a significant surge in support from Black male voters — a critical voting bloc — signaling good news for her presidential campaign. According to three new polls, younger Black men and Black men more broadly are increasingly getting behind Harris after months of polling showing a lag in their support. A new ABC/Ipsos poll shows that the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee is now performing better with Black men than President Joe Biden’s ABC News […]

October 29, 2024

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Black voters want action on housing

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. “There’s just no inventory for affordable housing at all.” That’s a direct quote from Jeffrey from Atlanta, Georgia, one of 200,000+ people who participated in the largest survey of Black people in U.S. history. Jeffrey wasn’t alone in saying housing is a pressing concern. Participants in my organization’s Black Census Project pointed to the lack of affordable housing as […]

October 26, 2024

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Beyoncé urges voters to ‘sing a new song’ in glowing endorsement of Kamala Harris

Beyoncé told a packed stadium on Friday that it was time for America to elect Kamala Harris president, urging voters to “sing a new song,” before the vice president delivered a message to battleground voters all the way from reliably Republican Texas — that Donald Trump was dead set on eroding women’s rights. “For all the men and women in this room, and watching around the country, we need you,” Beyoncé said. The music megastar, who was joined by her mother, […]

October 25, 2024

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Obama seen as ideal to rally Black voters for Kamala Harris, but some see limitations

Former President Barack Obama is bringing his star power to the Harris-Walz campaign in the final days before Americans cast their votes for the 47th president of the United States. Many Democrats see Obama, the 44th president and America’s first Black commander-in-chief, as an effective and, perhaps, necessary surrogate for mobilizing the broad and diverse coalition of voters he garnered in both the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. He is especially deployed this election cycle to talk directly to Black […]

October 24, 2024

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North Carolina early voters, still recovering from Helene, exceed 2020 voter turnout

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More North Carolina residents turned out to cast ballots on the first day of early voting this year than in 2020, even as residents from the mountainous western portion of the state continued to recover from the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene. Preliminary data shows a record 353,166 people cast ballots at more than 400 early voting sites statewide on Thursday, compared to 348,599 on the first day in October 2020, the State Board of Elections said Friday. As […]

October 19, 2024

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Trump slammed as mentally unfit after saying Black voters should get their ‘head examined’

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is being slammed for suggesting that Black and Hispanic voters who support his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris, should have their “head examined.” “Anyone who is African American or Hispanic – and you know how well I’m doing there – that votes for Kamala, you gotta have your head examined,” said Trump during a rally in Atlanta, Georgia. Members of the audience laughed in response to the remark. Black leaders who spoke with theGrio condemned Trump’s […]

October 16, 2024

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Harris works to energize Black male voters while Trump continues to attack immigration policy

DETROIT (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris warned Tuesday that Republican Donald Trump would “institutionalize” harsh policing tactics that disproportionately affect Black men, while Trump blamed Harris’ immigration policies for “devastating” Black and Latino communities. “Any African American or Hispanic that votes for Kamala … you’ve got to have your head examined, because they are really screwing you,” Trump said of Harris, who is African American, at an evening rally in Georgia. Earlier, during a radio town hall moderated by Charlamagne […]

October 16, 2024