DONALD TRUMP MAKES PROMISES TO BLACK AMERICA. Donald Trump has laid out an extensive proposal for the upliftment of the African American community. Dubbed the Platinum Plan,… Read more “The Source”
Category: Politics
Washington Post
‘RACE AND VIOLENCE IN OUR CITIES’? A TOPIC FOR THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE DRAWS CRITICISM. The topics for the first presidential debate focus on issues that have… Read more “Washington Post”
POLITICO
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION TAKES ‘EARTH SHATTERING’ TURN WITH ITS FOCUS ON RACE. B-L-M block letters sat propped behind Elizabeth Warren in a Massachusetts classroom. Hillary Clinton urged people… Read more “POLITICO”
Boston Globe
KAMALA HARRIS IS A BLACK WOMAN: IT’S NOT COMPLICATED. Kamala Harris could become the first woman to be vice president. And she’s a Black woman. Calling her… Read more “Boston Globe”
The Hill
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT TO PLAY ELEVATED ROLE AT CONVENTION. The message of Black Lives Matter will be woven throughout the 2020 Democratic National Convention, starting with… Read more “The Hill”
POLITICO
‘THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT ENCOURAGING’: WHAT OBAMA REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT BIDEN. Past tensions between Obama’s camp and Biden’s camp have endured, forming some hairline fractures in the… Read more “POLITICO”
WLRN
HARRIS VP PICK HIS HISTORIC BEYOND RACE AND GENDER. SHE’S BREAKING THE HEMISPHERIC CEILING TOO. It’s hard to overstate how hugely historic a Black woman on a… Read more “WLRN”
POLITICO
NEW GOP HEADACHE AS CANDIDATE CONDEMNED FOR RACIST VIDEOS WINS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. Marjorie Taylor Greene has won the GOP nomination for a deep red congressional seat in… Read more “POLITICO”
FactCheck.org
KAMALA HARRIS IS ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT. Multiple posts on Facebook falsely claim that — in the event [Joe] Biden is unable to serve out his term –Harris is… Read more “FactCheck.org”
New York Times
JOE BIDEN PICKS KAMALA HARRIS IS BIDEN’S CHOICE TO BE HIS RUNNING MATE. Ms. Harris, 55, is the first Black woman and the first person of Indian… Read more “New York Times”
Boston Globe
HOW MANY INSULTS ARE BLACK VOTERS SUPPOSED TO TAKE FROM JOE BIDEN? Last week, at a convention for Black and Hispanic journalists, a Black reporter asked Joe Biden whether… Read more “Boston Globe”
Associated Press
BIDEN RISKS ALIENATING YOUNG BLACK VOTERS OVER RACE REMARKS. “Trump is terrible, and he’s a racist, and we have to get racists out of the White House.… Read more “Associated Press”