After a contentious redrawing of Alabama’s congressional map, two candidates will compete in November for a seat, and perhaps congressional controlShomari Figures, an attorney and Obama White House executive from a politically-prominent civil rights family, has won the Democratic nomination to run in Alabama’s redrawn second congressional district Tuesday night, defeating state representative Anthony Daniels.The runoff election has been closely watched because of its implications for control of...
New Zealand center Jordie Barrett will join Irish club Leinster on a short-term contract after the All Blacks’ tour to Britain in December. Barrett has re-signed with New Zealand Rugby through 2028. But a clause in his new contract allows him a sabbatical which will see him miss the 2025
Sundial Media Group is already home to many Black and women-focused platform, including Essence, Afropunk, Girls United, and BeautyCon.
After House Republicans repeatedly thwarted a bid to repeal the ban, two Senate Republicans backed a push in that chamber to move the repeal forward. By Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror A bid to repeal Arizona’s near-total abortion ban that was written when Abraham Lincoln was president will move forward in the state Senate, while Republicans in the House of Representatives for the second week in a row blocked efforts to repeal the law. On Wednesday, two Senate Republicans supported a...
Source: Jason Armond / Getty Dr. Cornel West named Black Lives Matter Grassroots founder Dr. Melina Abdullah as his running mate for his 2024 presidential campaign in a historical moment. On Wednesday (April 10), independent presidential candidate Cornel West chose fellow academic, activist, and Black Lives Matter organizer Dr. Melina Abdullah as his vice president nominee. He announced the nomination during a virtual press conference which media personality and friend, Tavis Smiley moderated....
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DeSantis blames Republicans for failure on border (Second column, 6th story, link)
The group of 11 people blocked the junction in September 2021
State Republicans blocked the repeal effort even after Donald Trump called for a more moderate solution
UNTOLD organizers announced a new name to the festival lineup, Grammy Award-winning artist, DJ and producer of South African origin, Black Coffee. With outstanding talent and an unconventional approach to electronic music, Black Coffee is one of the most respected DJ/producers in the underground culture. In 2023, he climbed 14 places in the DJ Mag […]
Will Smith made a surprise appearance onstage with J Balvin on Sunday night, dressed in his full “Men in Black” suit and sunglasses and performing the title track of the 1997 film. The appearance was brief but memorable, capping a UFO-themed set and concluding with Balvin being dragged off by black-suit-clad dancers as Smith pulled
Will Smith made a surprise appearance onstage with J Balvin on Sunday night, dressed in his full “Men in Black” suit and sunglasses and performing the title track of the 1997 film. Balvin’s The show had a heavy UFO theme, opening with a mock-1950s newsreel about an alien invasion (in English, with Spanish subtitles), eventually […]