Black Lives Matter power grab sets off internal revolt

The Black Lives Matter movement is buckling under the strain of its own success, with tensions rising between local chapters and national leaders over the group’s goals, direction — and money. From the beginning, Black Lives Matter was a grassroots effort, born in the streets with no central hierarchy. The idea: to keep power concentrated…

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Dr. Anthony Fauci Appeals to Black Community: ‘The Vaccine That You’re Going to Be Taking Was Developed by an African American Woman’

With skepticism about the safety and efficacy of a COVID-19 vaccine running high among African Americans, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, wants Black people to know that a Black woman, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, was heavily involved in developing one of the vaccines that will soon be available to Americans later this…

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Why Gov. Newsom Must Appoint a Black Woman to Replace Harris

When Joe Biden selected Kamala Harris to be his running mate, he started a new chapter in the history of Black women, women of South Asian descent, and all women in the United States. It’s therefore cruelly ironic that as we prepare to celebrate her inauguration as our nation’s 49th vice president, we may also…

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Stacey Abrams on “what’s at stake” in Georgia Senate runoff elections

Georgia residents will vote in two Senate runoff elections on January 5, and early voting begins on Monday. Runoff elections are held when no candidate wins the the required majority of votes.  Reverend Raphael Warnock is challenging Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in one election. In another runoff, Republican Senator David Perdue is being challenged by…

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