Camille McCallum is one of the thousands of Black women taking up the banner to support Vice President Kamala Harris — and she’s turning to TikTok to spread the word. Inspired by a call filled with 44,000 Black women from diverse walks of life, McCallum jumped onto social media within hours of the news that […]
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Medical Schools Face New Obstacle in Push to Train More Black Doctors
Originally published by KFF Health News. JACKSON, Miss. — Jerrian Reedy was 9 when his father was admitted to the hospital in Hattiesburg, about two hours northeast of New Orleans, after sustaining three gunshot wounds. Reedy recalled visiting his dad in the intensive care unit that summer in 2009, even though children weren’t typically permitted […]
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Obama Officially Endorses Harris for President
Former President Barack Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee on Friday. The endorsement was made public on YouTube, where the Harris campaign posted a video of Obama telling her via a phone call that she has his support. Michelle Obama participated in the call, too. “We called […]
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After Years of Litigation, First Black Mayor in Rural Alabama Town Gets to Serve
Patrick Braxton is overwhelmed with gratitude. He’s been juggling a yearslong legal battle to serve as the lawful mayor of his hometown, Newbern, Alabama. After years of harassment, his rural town enters a new chapter: Its first Black mayor will finally get to serve. Braxton will be reinstated as mayor of Newbern, according to a […]
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Where Does Kamala Harris Stand on Key Issues Affecting Black Voters?
The Democratic Party’s likely presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, has delivered her first speech since President Joe Biden’s dramatic exit from the race. “I took on perpetrators of all kinds,” she said at her campaign headquarters on Monday, after making anentrance to Beyoncé’s song “Freedom.” “Predators who abused women. Fraudsters who ripped off consumers. […]
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How 44,000 Black Women Raised $1.5M for Kamala Harris in 3 Hours
Tens of thousands of women opted out of dinner dates and social gatherings Sunday to join a Zoom meeting that lasted into the wee Monday morning hours. All for one reason: Vice President Kamala Harris. Earlier that day, President Joe Biden dropped out of his reelection bid, endorsed Harris, and made way for her to […]
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Fact-Check: How Accurate is Harris On Abortion, Economy, Criminal Justice, Trump?
Within a half-hour of announcing his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential campaign, President Joe Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic presidential nomination. “My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made,” Biden said in a July […]
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Biden Steps Aside, Makes Way for Harris
Kamala Harris pledged to unite the Democratic Party and win the party’s nomination just hours after President Joe Biden dropped out of his reelection bid on Sunday and endorsed her as his replacement. In a statement, Harris thanked Biden for his “decades of service to our country” and for his support as the party navigates […]
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The GOP Calls for Unity After Trump Shooting
On Thursday, the final night of the Republican National Convention, former President Donald described the criminal cases against him as “witch hunts, referencing “crazy Nancy Pelosi” and an “invasion” at the Southern border. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson used his platform at the convention on Tuesday to explain his reasons for leaving the “woke” Democratic Party, […]
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Police Shooting Near RNC Alarms Milwaukee’s Black Community
On Tuesday, Daquan woke up at 8 a.m. to beat the heat and play basketball with his friend at a park in Milwaukee’s King Park neighborhood, the heart of Black life in the city for nearly a century. But now the 17-year-old doesn’t know if he’ll ever step on that court again. There at the […]