Live Nation Urban (LNU) and Student Freedom Initiative (SFI) has announced the lineup for HBCU AWAREFEST, which is the largest HBCU fundraiser in history. Initially announced in August, the festival marks a new joint partnership between the two organizations, along with the City of Atlanta and Mayor Andre Dickens, to address one of the most pressing challenges facing Black
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By Bridget Bowman Chi Ossé, a member of the New York City Council, has filed paperwork to launch a primary challenge against House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries. The campaign filing, first reported by Axios and filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission, notes Ossé is running as a Democrat in New York’s Brooklyn-based 8th District, which Jeffries has
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By Nicole Acevedo, Ryan Chandler, Suzanne Gamboa and Julia Ainsley Jonathan Ocampo has called this Southern city home for six years, but, after immigration enforcement descended here over the weekend, the American citizen of Colombian descent said he doesn’t leave the house without his U.S. passport. “I’m carrying it here right now, which is sad,” he told NBC News. Ocampo
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