Governor Gavin Newson appoints Laphonza Butler to the U.S. Senate

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has named Laphonza Butler as the replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died on September 29 at 90. Sen. Feinstein’s term ends in January. Said she would not run again. Bulter will finish her term.  Butler is president of EMILY’s List, a political action committee based in Washington. Bulter lives in Washington, but…

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At Tesla, Blacks are less than human

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Black employees who work for Tesla, an electric car manufacturer, are called “nigger,†“monkey,†“boy,†and “black b*tch to their faces in assaults on their dignity and their ability to work to feed their families. At the Fremont, California plant, black employees regularly encountered graffiti, including variations of the nigger, swastikas, threats, and nooses, on…

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Jamaal Bowman sets off a fire alarm

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Representative Jamaal Bowman said he made a mistake by turning on the fire alarm on Capitol Hill during tense negations to pass a short-gap funding bill to keep the federal government operating for another fifty days. “Today, as I was rushing to make a vote, I came to the door that usually opens for voters…

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New chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Army General Mark A. Milley transferred the Joint Chiefs to Four Star Air Force General Charles O. Brown Jr. last week. General Brown was the second Black man to be named Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Army General Colin Powell was the first Black man to hold the post. He was the 12th…

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Washington Trust charged with “Red Lining” Black customers

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The Justice Department announced today that Washington Trust Company (Washington Trust), the oldest community bank in the nation charged with “redlining†Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, has agreed to pay $9 million to resolve the allegations. Redlining is an illegal practice in which lenders avoid providing credit services to individuals living in communities of color because…

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Greenwood Mayor removed from office

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Levi Weaver was removed Tuesday as Mayor of Greenwood, Missouri, by a vote of the city’s aldermen. The removal comes after the approval of three impeachment articles earlier this year. The first article alleged that Weaver threatened Alderman Kyron McClure with a firearm at McClure’s home in March 2022. The second article claimed Weaver prevented…

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Maurice Bishop is to be honored

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The Grenada government Tuesday announced plans to observe the 40th anniversary of the murder of Maurice Bishop, the country’s first left-wing prime minister, who was killed during a palace coup orchestrated by his deputy, Bernard Coard, on October 19, 1983. Head of the 50th Independence Anniversary Committee, Dr. Wendy Crawford, told a news conference that the activity…

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