By Bruce C.T. Wright One of the final missing pieces to completing the jigsaw puzzle of justice for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery could finally be realized in 2023, a time span that will likely end up exceeding three years since the shocking racist vigilante shooting in the small, coastal town of Brunswick, Georgia. Jackie Johnson, the
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By Erica L. Green SeKai Parker looked on last spring as her prep school classmates tearfully embraced and belted out in unison every word of a Kelly Clarkson song. It was the senior farewell at Holton-Arms in Bethesda, Md., and many of the teens were making college plans that would have them trading one elite,
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By Methyl Aggarwal and Alex Lo Anita Pointer of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters, who rose to fame in the 1970s and ’80s with “I’m So Excited” and other hits, died of cancer Saturday, her publicist announced. She was 74. Pointer was surrounded by her family at the time of death, her publicist said in a statement.
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By Janie Boschma, Simone Pathe, Maeve Reston and Renée Rigdon A record number of women won election to the 118th Congress – but barely. The 149 women who will serve in the US House and Senate will expand the ranks of female representation by just two members above the record set by the 117th Congress. Alaska carried women across that threshold
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By Lynn Sweet Vice President Kamala Harris visits Chicago on Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and other top administration officials travel across the nation to tout a series of major White House accomplishments, a White House official said Sunday. The Harris event in Chicago — the details of her stop are not finalized — comes
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By Janelle Ward The National African American Child & Family Research Center (NAACFRC), an institute housed within Morehouse School of Medicine, is joining forces with Compassionate Atlanta, a nonprofit aiming to inspire compassion-oriented change throughout Atlanta and surrounding cities. In doing so, both organizations aim to incite positive change among Black families in the region,
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