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The Bernie Bamboozle – The Gant Report

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By Lucius Gantt – No disrespect to Independent Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders but I disagree with his suggestion that all “billionaires” are basically alike and that wealthy, qualified Americans should not be allowed to participate in Presidential elections. I say political candidate money doesn’t care who contributes it, doesn’t care who receives it and […]
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Detractor-in-Chief Overstates Economic Progress

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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux – Donald John Trump has been impeached, and to let him tell it, that isn’t bothering him, and we’d believe him if he hadn’t posted more than tweets in just one day. But his persistent overuse of the word “hoax,” both to refer to impeachment and to anything else he doesn’t […]
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Entertainment

Producer Will Packer Presents “The Photograph” Starring Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield

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On Valentine’s Day, Issa Rae (HBO’s Insecure, Little) and LaKeith Stanfield (FX’s Atlanta, Sorry to Bother You) connect in a romance where a woman must learn from the secrets in her mother’s past if she is to move forward and allow herself to love and be loved. When famed photographer Christina Eames unexpectedly dies, she […]
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Business

The T.D. Jakes Foundation Launches STEAM Think Tank With Roundtable Discussion

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NEW YORK – The T.D. Jakes Foundation, a global nonprofit that focuses on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) education, workforce preparedness and job training to create greater diversity and inclusion, and gender equity, in traditionally underrepresented fields, recently hosted its first roundtable, inviting business and educational leaders to take part in a lively […]
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#BloombergIsARacist Trends the Same Week the Billionaire Spends 3.5 Million With Black Media

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By Edrea Davis – Just when I was beginning to consider Mike Bloomberg seriously as an option if Vice President Joe Biden flunks, #BloombergIsRacist began trending on social media linking to very questionable audio of Bloomberg defending his stop and frisk policies. Later in the day I received an article about the presidential candidate doing […]
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Business

Statement by President Donnell Williams on Upward Trend of Black Homeownership Rate

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Washington, DC- The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) is guardedly optimistic regarding the current upward trend of the Black homeownership rate of 44% as stated by the U.S. Census Bureau in its 4th quarter 2019 report. The reported rate represents a second in a row increase up from the 3rd quarter rate of […]
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Business

Southern Company Announces $50 million Initiative for Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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Initiative aims to provide scholarships, internships, entrepreneurship training, and leadership and career development to HBCU students at qualifying institutions, while also igniting giving from additional corporate partners to increase HBCU funding ATLANTA – Southern Company and its subsidiaries today announced a $50 million multi-year initiative to provide students attending historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) […]
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African American Mayors Association’s New Racial and Economic Justice Policy Institute Receives Support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

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City leaders empowered with tools and resources to support entrepreneurs and small businesses by Kauffman Foundation grant WASHINGTON – Today, the African American Mayors Association (AAMA) announced an award from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation that will in part support the development of a first-of-its-kind racial and economic justice policy institute for mayors that will […]
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New Jersey Ends Prison Gerrymandering; Other States And The Federal Government Must Follow Its Example

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By Marc H. Morial, (To Be Equal #4) – The Census is one of the most powerful tools the African American community has to claim our rightful voice in the political, legislative and social institutions of our nation. Unfortunately, it also is one of the most abused. One of the ways the Census is abused […]
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