Black Alabama voters score stunning Supreme Court victory against racist gerrymandering – People’s World | #elections | #alabama
Evan Milligan, center, plaintiff in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case, speaks with members of the press following oral arguments outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 4, 2022. Standing behind Milligan are Milligan’s counsel Deuel Ross, from left, Letetia Jackson, Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel […]
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Northampton City Council set to vote on reparations panel | #citycouncil
Published: 2/1/2023 8:30:00 PM Modified: 2/1/2023 8:29:49 PM NORTHAMPTON — The City Council is expected to introduce a resolution to create a commission that would look into racial injustices perpetrated against Black residents and workers in the city, part of ongoing nationwide efforts to explore the idea of reparations. Groups in the city, such as […]
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Mayor Ken Welch, St. Petersburg, Florida
It’s providential for me to be mayor at a time when the city wants to redevelop some 86 acres that represent the second displacement of the Black community, which was done in the pursuit of baseball and what ultimately became Tropicana Field. That uprooted a thousand residents, businesses and churches in the Gas Plant area. […]
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Cherokee Nation’s long-awaited delegate faces a tribal challenge | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The American Legion Steve Young Deer Post 143, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, presents the nation’s colors and tribal colors during the 2021 World Series between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves. Proto: Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images. Two more Cherokee tribes say they are entitled to a non-voting member of Congress, countering […]
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Bogalusa Louisiana Mayor Elect Tyrin Truong Declares War on Police Chief Kendall Bullen
In 2016, Fate Ferrell stood at the microphone in front of the Bogalusa, Louisiana, city council on the eve of the appointment of a new police chief. The room was boiling over as residents urged council members not to confirm a longtime officer named Kendall Bullen to the top job. One of the primary grievances: […]
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L.A. City Council disrupted by protest over Kevin de León | #citycouncil
Embattled Los Angeles City Council member Kevin de León faced a fresh round of protests on Tuesday as he attempted to join a council meeting amid calls to resign. Why it matters: He’s refused to resign after a leaked recording revealed his and two other council members’ involvement in a conversation full of racist remarks. […]
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How Republicans have reacted so far to Trump’s dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Some Republicans have condemned former President Donald Trump’s recent dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and rapper Kanye West, while some other lawmakers have remained silent. After last Tuesday’s dinner was reported in the media on Friday, Trump said that he did not know who Fuentes was, nor that West would be bringing him. Fuentes […]
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To prove Republicans aren’t racist, Lindsey Graham shows off their Black candidate – People’s World | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Herschel Walker, right, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at a campaign stop in Cumming, Ga., Oct. 27, 2022. | John Bazemore / AP Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Democrats are scared of Herschel Walker because if he unseats Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, “that means we’re not racist.” By “we,” he meant […]
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Will no Republican stand up and criticize racism in party? | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
ELWOOD WATSON In October, Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville suggested in comments railing against reparations that Black Americans were “the people that do the crime.” Speaking at a Donald Trump rally for Republican candidates in Nevada, Tuberville described Democrats as engaged in a battle to take from white people and give to Black people, whom […]
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Herschel Walker Proves Republicans Aren’t Racist, Right? | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Democrats are scared of Herschel Walker because if he unseats Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, “that means we’re not racist.” By “we,” he meant the GOP. “If you’re a Republican, aren’t you tired of being called a racist all the time by everybody?” Graham also asked in his speech boosting […]
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