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Amo has enough ammo to win the Democratic Primary in Rhode Island
Former White House aide Gabe Amo won the special election in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, and he may be the first African to represent the state in its history. Amo, a former staffer in the Obama and Biden administrations, will go up against political newcomer, Republican Gerry Leonard, in…
Read MorePhiladelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw is stepping down
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, the first Black woman to hold the post in the city, announced that she is stepping down to take another job. She will soon take a top security position with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Outlaw submitted her registration letter on August 25. She will leave…
Read MorePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants Eritreans removed from Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants Eritrean refugees deported following violent clashes between opponents and supporters of President Isaias Afwerki in Tel Avis. President Afwerki ruled Eritrea in a one-party dictatorship since 1991. Netanyahu has ordered the activation of a plan to remove the country’s African migrants. The remarks came a day after bloody protests by…
Read MoreFormer leader of the Proud Boys sentenced to 22 years in prison.
A judge sentenced Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys, a far-right neo-fascist organization, to 22 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Tarrio was one of six Proud Boys leaders charged with conspiring to stop the 2020 certification of presidential election results…
Read MoreChicago mayor delares Fred Hampton Day
Mayor Brandon Johnson declared August 30th Chairman Fred Hampton Day in the City of Chicago to honor the slain leader of the Chicago Chapter of the Black Panther Party. Chairman Fred Hampton’s commitment to racial and economic equality was the driving force that fueled his every action. Around 4:30 a.m. on December 4, 1969, plainclothes…
Read MoreBill Pickney dies
Bill Pickney, the first Black man to circumnavigate the Earth from pole to pole, died on Thursday in an Atlanta hospital. Mr. Pickney, who was raised on the South Side of Chicago, was 87. Mr. Pickney boarded his 47-cutter prior to his 55th birthday and began sailing around the world in August 1990, departing from Boston…
Read MoreThe jobless rate for Blacks drops
By Frederick H. Lowe  The jobless rate for Blacks dropped, but not far enough to catch up with other ethnic groups. The August jobless rate for Black men fell to 5.0 percent compared to the seasonally adjusted average in August 2022 to 6.0 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate…
Read MoreRosalind Brewer is out at Walgreens
By Frederick H. Lowe Rosalind Brewer, the CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance, which owns Walgreens’ pharmaceutical Brewer chain, has been given the sack. The company’s stock also dipped with Brewer’s departure. Her last day on the job was effective Friday, September 1. Brewer resigned after three years on the job as the result of a…
Read MoreGunman looking to kill Blacks murders three in Jacksonville
By Frederick H. Lowe A White gunman with swastikas painted on his Glock pistol and on his AR-15 rifle, who wanted to kill “Niggers,†shot and killed two Black men and one Black woman in a racially motivated shooting Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida. During a Sunday news conference, Sheriff T. K. Waters identified the shooter…
Read MoreBack-to-Schoolers Face Teacher Shortages, Polarization and Learning Gaps
By Selen Ozturk At an Aug. 18 EMS briefing, teachers and education officials discussed three challenges K-12 students face as they head back to school: teacher shortages, polarized curricula, and pandemic-era learning gaps. K-12 students returning to school this month face teacher shortages, pitched battles over curricula, and pandemic-era learning gaps, teachers and education officials explained…
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