There is no greater joy as a child than to play a small part in ensuring your parents’ legacy is never forgotten.
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Professor of Political Science at Howard. Scholar Activist. Kappa Alpha Psi. Tennis Fan. Michigan alum. Brown alum. He/Him
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Students in the inaugural cohort of the Bachelor of Arts to Juris Doctor (B.A.-J.D.) accelerated joint degree program at Howard University are experiencing financial issues due to lack of support.
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D.C. law requires that any city contract worth more than $1 million be reviewed and approved by the D.C. Council. But awarded 36 contracts worth $270 million over the last three years without even submitting them to the council.
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On Tuesday, the House Oversight Committee will once again try to interfere in DC home rule. That's incompatible with #DCstatehood. Join us Tuesday morning to pack the hearing room and demand #HandsOffDC.
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After seven years at the reins, our inimitable leader is stepping down as executive director of this coming fall.
Our posting to find the next leader is now up. Please apply if interested and share among your networks.dcvote.org/careers/
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How the media works in Black and white
Louisvile Bank shooter kills 5 in mass shooting is humanized in headline
Homeless and suffering mental health crises is murdered on NYC subway and criminalized in headline
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The history of indigenous people is also US history. The history of slavery is also US history. The history of internment camps is also US history. The history of racist white nationalism in America is also US history, silly lady.
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Students' knowledge of U.S. history is at an all-time low. This is what you get when you teach #CRT, DEI & the 1619 Project instead of the Declaration of Independence, the #Constitution & the Gettysburg Address.
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New poll shows 76 percent of Texans support raising the legal age to purchase a gun to 21 and 72 percent support “red flag laws.”
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NEW: The Black unemployment rate under the Biden/Harris administration has hit record low, falling to 4.7%.
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You need to be honest about what happened here.
Biden and the Democrats provided $5 Billion of relief for Black farmers in the American Rescue Plan, passed in 2021.
The only reason you haven't received the money is because white farmers sued, claiming racial discrimination, and… Show more
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I will NOT be supporting President Bidens re-election campaign.
Biden has failed to protect Americans from Farm Foreclosures! I am calling for USDA Resignations & Congressional Oversight of IRA Sections 22006 & 22007.
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A new DeSantis-backed bill would prohibit Chinese citizens from owning land — or homes — anywhere in the state of Florida. Asian American groups fear the bill will lead to racial profiling.
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Eli Lilly and Co. says its experimental Alzheimer’s drug appears to slow worsening of the mind-robbing disease after an 18-month trial.
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Why this new romantic comedy with Black leads has captured hearts around the world
'Black social media users are falling in love with Hulu’s new British rom-com "Rye Lane".'
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Eric Adams is wrong again. There’s no situation that justifies a passenger choking another passenger like this for 15 minutes.
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More from my interview with Mayor Eric Adams. On the issue of vigilantism… is it ok for passengers to take matters into their own hands?
His answer: “Each situation is different…. We cannot just blanketly say what a passenger should or should not do on a situation like that.”
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Warnock: "It is not right for us to live in a nation where nobody is safe no matter where they are. We're not safe in our schools. We're not safe in our workplaces. We're not safe in the grocery store... there's no sanctuary in the sanctuary... it's only a matter of time"
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This is the campaign video for the Mississippi GOP governor running for re-election
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BREAKING: The Florida legislature has passed HB1521, which makes it a crime for trans people to use public bathrooms as their lived gender. DeSantis is expected to sign it. A similar bill in North Carolina cost the state $3.7b in lost business and tourist revenue.
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The bills include an expansion of the 'Don’t Say Gay' law and a measure to ban diversity programs in colleges. Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign both.
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This weekend you can journey around the world and still be home in time to sleep in your own bed.
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Happening today! Please join us for "Under Attack: Fighting the Assaults on Black Queer and Black Feminist Studies." Register at bit.ly/SSJ5-3
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It’s already happening.
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🧵Happening now. WIN action on #publicsafety w/ & w/ Ward 2 constituents & allies. In the house Friends Meeting House of Wash,
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At the mtg on Public Safety.
“The budget proposed by does not reflect our values; does not reflect investment in all 8 wards….exempts developers from hiring local residents.. no more building on the backs of the poor! No more!”
We are pleased to announce Ben Vinson III, PhD as the 18th president of Howard University. Under his new leadership, Howard will maintain its commitment of producing distinguished global leaders.
📰 | bit.ly/3VrQNlB
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I’ve had the august privilege of working alongside him this year as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences working group on democratic citizenship. Welcome to the Mecca!
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I’m excited about the new president at Howard. Ben Vinson III, currently provost at Case Western Reserve, is a visionary, faculty centered, inclusive leader with democratic values about the purpose of higher education.
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We are grateful to for his inspiring leadership of & as chair of
and delighted to welcome Ben Vinson back to DC to continue that incredible trajectory
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Yes. Let’s please stop characterizing the fight for the survival of democracy as “polarized.” It’s a power struggle - not about issue positions &cannot be resolved via compromise on issues. It’s about whether American institutions will have majority representation & rule.
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One party is dominated by a white reactionary minority that is rapidly radicalizing against democracy and will no longer accept the principle of majoritarian rule; the other thinks democracy and constitutional government should be upheld. That’s not “polarization.” 9/
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listen I hate gen z music as much of the next guy but I don't think you should suppress their votes
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Thank you, Sen. Sanders.
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President Biden signed The Emmett Till Antilynching Act, a law which follows more than 100 years and 200 failed attempts by US lawmakers to pass anti-lynching legislation.
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Biden, now officially running for a second term, is the most pro-LGBTQ+ president in U.S. history.
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Wed., 4/26 at 6:30 PM: Dr. Josef Sorett will be in conversation with #SchomburgCenter Director Joy L. Bivins. They will discuss his new book Black Is a Church: Christianity and the Contours of African American Life. In collaboration with
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