Archive for August 2020

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Check out this election guide for the 2020 Election at BlackHer.us.

Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker, who tapped into his multi-billion dollar fortune to personally finance a winning campaign for the state’s top job, is raising the price of poker in Illinois’ political discourse once again. Read more at the Center for Illinois Politics.

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s selection Tuesday of Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as his vice presidential running mate leads me to say to my sisters and brothers: Let’s shout to the heavens! Hurrah and Praise the Lord!  Our time has finally come — as Democrats, as women, and as African Americans. Read more at Foxnews.com.

Joe Biden announced Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate. “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris  — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate,” he announced on Twitter Tuesday. Read more at TheGrio.com.

If elected, Harris will be the first African-American and woman to hold the office of the vice president. Read more at Essence.com.

Obtaining the vote was just one item on a long civil rights agenda. Read more at History.com.

Cori Bush, one of the leaders of protests against the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, defeated longtime representative William Lacy Clay in the state’s Democratic primary election on Tuesday. Read more at Yahoo News.

Cori Bush, a progressive activist and veteran of the racial justice protest movement, defeated 20-year incumbent Missouri Rep. William Lacy Clay in a Democratic primary. See more at Yahoo News.