August 05, 2021

Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., right, and his aide Rev. Jesse Jackson are seen in Chicago, Aug. 19, 1966. Dr. King holds a Chicago Daily News paper with a headline that reads "City Seeks To Cut Marches." During a meeting with 1,000 civil rights workers in a South Side church, King said, "We aren't going to let any injunction turn us around." (AP Photo/Larry Stoddard)

Black Pastors Lead New Push for U.S. Voting Rights Reform

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By Nicquel Terry Ellis The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Black faith leaders in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 in a push for voting rights that had been largely galvanized by the Black church. Jackson was still a seminarian at the time, but said he understood that religious

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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 03: U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) becomes emotional during a news conference on the eviction moratorium at the Capitol on August 03, 2021 in Washington, DC. News organizations reported that the Biden Administration plans to institute a new eviction moratorium for areas with high levels of COVID-19, days after Bush started camping out on the steps of the Capitol Building to protest the end of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's original moratorium. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Cori Bush’s Protest Spurs Biden’s 60-Day Eviction Ban

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By Sunlen Serfaty and Clare Foran Freshman Democratic Rep. Cori Bush has captured national attention for her high-profile activism after she slept on the steps of the US Capitol for several days to protest a lapse in the federal eviction moratorium amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Missouri lawmaker’s actions culminated in a major victory for progressives on

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Boston Mayor Criticized for Vaccine Mandate Slavery Remark

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By Melissa Alonso After New York City announced people will need proof of Covid-19 vaccination to enter some indoor facilities, acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey likened the rule to the slavery-era freedom papers. “There’s a long history in this country of people needing to show their papers,” Janey told CNN affiliate WCVB on Tuesday when asked by

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Former President Barack Obama waves to the crowd after speaking at a "drive-in rally," while campaigning on behalf of Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (Kriston Jae Bethel/The New York Times)

Obama Scales Back 60th Birthday Over Delta Variant Concerns

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By Jeff Zeleny and Veronica Stracqualursi Former President Barack Obama has dramatically scaled back his planned 60th birthday party on Martha’s Vineyard this weekend due to concerns about the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19, according to a spokeswoman. The birthday bash for the former President was previously planned to be held outside and follow all US Centers for

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Grambling State Forgives Debt, Plans First HBCU Gymnastics

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by Vanessa Roberson It truly pays to be a student attending Grambling State University! First, the university just forgave $1.5 million in student debt! GSU is also considering making history with the first HBCU gymnastics program! Learn more about both opportunities in the exciting Ebony article below! Grambling State University is looking to make history as

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FILE -- Dr. Alondra Nelson, deputy director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, speaks at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 16, 2021. Nelson said that scientists across the government would review "Trump-era policies that eschewed science for politics" and develop new safeguards, the first step in what White House officials described as a sweeping effort to rebuild a demoralized federal work force and prevent future abuses. (Amr Alfiky/The New York Times)

Biden Reviews Federal Science Integrity After Trump Era

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By Kristen Holmes Federal employees and some members of the public remain concerned over reports of political interference in science, specifically when it came to reporting scientific findings, a Biden administration report reviewing the topic said. And hundreds of scientists left working for the government during the Trump years, The New York Times reported late Sunday, some

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Biden Sets 2030 Goal for Half of Cars to Be Electric

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By Ella Nilsen President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Thursday that points the US auto market toward electric vehicles, announcing a new target that half of vehicles sold in the country by 2030 will be battery electric, fuel-cell electric or plug-in hybrid. Biden will unveil the executive order at the White House alongside representatives

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