by Chauncey Alcorn Promoting diversity in the arts has become a mainstream mantra in the entertainment industry since the first #OscarsSoWhite controversy in 2015, but it’s something Sheila Johnson has been doing her entire adult life. It’s been 41 years since the Salamander Hotels & Resorts owner and CEO co-founded the BET network with then-husband
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By Dianne Gallagher and Paul LeBlanc Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an executive order Tuesday that directs the city’s chief equity officer to implement “a series of actions to mitigate the impact” of Georgia’s new election law imposing a series of voting restrictions. The city of Atlanta does not have authority over state election
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Opinion by Rebecca Dixon “Thank Black women” has become a familiar refrain from Democratic lawmakers, who are eager to pay lip service to their fiercest, most reliable voting bloc. Black women helped deliver the presidency and the Senate to the Democrats, who ran on the promise of a $15 an hour minimum wage, among other
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By Kaitlan Collins, Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he is moving up his deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks, but said Americans must remain on a “war footing” to beat the virus. With all states having opened
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By Lisa Respers France Phylicia Rashād pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority at Howard University in Washington, DC in 1968, yet it took narrating a new documentary about the organization before she learned some of its earliest history. “When you pledge a fraternity or a sorority, you learn the names of the founders and the year
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By Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood and Priscilla Alvarez President Joe Biden, well on his way to reaching a new goal of vaccinating 200 million Americans by the end of April, is taking initial steps toward helping other nations ramp up shots, including by boosting global manufacturing and appointing a top global health expert who previously
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By Maegan Vazquez Top members of the Biden White House have appeared with California’s embattled Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, twice over the last week — a signal of support for a politician who is likely to face a recall election. Newsom accompanied Vice President Kamala Harris on a tour of a water treatment plant in
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Analysis by Stephen Collinson The meaning of the word “infrastructure” suddenly depends on your politics. President Joe Biden is using a sleight of hand by crafting a bill that might be traditionally associated with repairs to potholed highways to instead be his latest effort to reshape the US economy and social safety net. His move
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By Chloe Melas Chadwick Boseman posthumously won the SAG Award on Sunday for outstanding performance by a leading man for his work in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Boseman, 43, died in August after a private battle with colon cancer. Boseman’s wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted the award on his behalf with a moving speech. “‘If
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By Rex Hodge CULLOWHEE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Recordings of local African-Americans made in the 1980s have been upgraded at Western Carolina University. University leaders want the collection preserved so they can better teach race relations. The recordings at Hunter Library at WCU have now been transferred from analog to digital to preserve them, keeping
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