Author: Kat Stafford
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Harris seizes historic moment in accepting VP nomination
WILMINGTON, Del. — Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday, cementing her place in history as the first Black woman on a major party ticket and promising she and Joe Biden will rejuvenate a country ravaged by a pandemic and riven by racial and partisan divides. In an address capping the…
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Juneteenth: a day of joy and pain and now, national action
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In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that the last enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by African American families across the nation with a cookout, a parade, a community festival, a soulful rendition of “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing.” But…
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Outcry over racial data grows as virus slams black Americans
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WASHINGTON • As the coronavirus tightens its grip across the country, it is cutting a particularly devastating swath through a vulnerable population — black Americans. Democratic lawmakers and community leaders in cities hard-hit by the pandemic have been sounding the alarm over what they see as a disturbing trend of the virus killing African Americans…