Politics

Award-Winning Journalist Farai Chideya To Host New Audio Series: “Our Body Politic”

    As the election season hits a fever pitch, award-winning journalist Farai Chideya is debuting a new limited-audio series “Our Body Politic” on September 25. The series is being created and syndicated by public radio stations KPCC, KCRW, and KQED as part of the California Regional News Hub collaboration, a consortium of NPR member stations across […]

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Oprah Winfrey, NAACP & National Voting Rights Leaders Join Together for National Town Hall 9/24

Oprah Winfrey and OWN have joined together with the NAACP and national voting rights leaders to host “OWN Your Vote: Our Lives Depend On it,” a virtual conversation aimed to inspire and equip thousands of voters and community leaders with specific steps they can take to register to vote, request their absentee ballots, and mobilize voters

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Note to America/GOP: Trump train is derailing – Time for an Intervention

By D.L. White  It’s time for America to take a reality check, and examine itself from the inside out. Are you better off today, than almost four years ago when one Donald J. Trump became the 45th President of these United States? Close examination  from the inside (politically speaking) will reveal  those casting votes for 

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National Black Voter Day: OWN partners with NowThis to create powerful content

With just under 45 days left until a pivotal election, where the Black voters stand to make a tremendous impact, NowThis and OWN launched their first ever formal content partnership to share stories from Black women voters across the country and to spotlight changemakers who are helping their communities become more civically engaged.   A part of the “OWN Your Vote” campaign,

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American Black Film Festival Hosts Virtual Panel Discussion on The Power of the Female Vote

Amazon Studios and the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) have teamed up for the ‘The Power of the Female Vote’ virtual panel discussion, on behalf of the upcoming voting rights documentary ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY. The documentary features Stacey Abrams, the first Black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party

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Now is the Time for Congress to Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

A two part article calling attention to the immediate need of Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act of 2020 By DL White President Johnson welcomed the group believing more congratulations were coming for the historic passage of the Civil Rights Bill. In the fall of 1964, only months after signing into law the Civil

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John Robert Lewis Modern day “David” Voting/Civil Rights Icon – Fought a Good Fight & Finished His Course

By DL White “We might not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us!” John R. Lewis (1940-2020) John Robert Lewis, considered by many as the “moral conscience” of the U.S. Congress, and the venerated voice for Voting Rights in America since 1961, fought his last fight and voiced support for Black Lives

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