NNPA Special – NNPA Black Voter Drive
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Mar- 2020 -17 March
COMMENTARY: Stand Up and Be Counted – Make Black Count – Be Powerful
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With the 2020 census already beginning to reach homes in the United States, National Urban League (NUL) President and CEO Marc Morial joined Central Florida Urban League…
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17 March
Voting Rights Advocates Call on Georgia Election Officials to Protect Voters’ Rights in the Wake of Postponing the Presidential Primary Election
NNPA NEWSWIRE — To ensure a successful and inclusive election, we call on Georgia election officials to employ an open and transparent process that allows all voices to be heard…
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12 March
Senators Booker and Harris Lead Roundtable Discussion on Issues Concerning African Americans
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Only journalists of color received an invitation to the event, which included remarks from Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Doug Jones (D-Ala.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.),…
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11 March
PRESS ROOM: The DCCC, DSCC, Democratic Party of Georgia Announce Victory Against Unlawful Georgia Ballot Procedures
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Flawed procedures remained in place even as more Georgians vote absentee. In 2018, nearly 285,000 voters returned an absentee ballot compared to 246,000 in the 2016 presidential…
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11 March
EXCLUSIVE — RNC: ‘President Understands Importance of the Black Vote,’ Hires Paris Dennard to Engage Black Community
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dennard, a longtime GOP political commentator, writer, consultant, and strategist, will work to ensure that African Americans and other minorities are aware of President Trump’s efforts to…
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10 March
COMMENTARY: Do Right or Go Home
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There are people who want to hear from the Black Press. They get information on so many topics, but they thirst for more on the controversial and…
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9 March
Mike Drop: After Joe Biden’s Big Super Tuesday Wins, What’s Next for Bloomberg?
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Democrats turned out in record numbers for Super Tuesday as many are citing their desire to remove President Trump from office as a motivating factor. In the…
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8 March
EXCLUSIVE OP-ED — Sen. Chuck Schumer and Stacy Abrams, ‘It’s Time to Fight Back!’
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This Saturday marks the 55th anniversary of one of the most significant moments in the history of our democracy. On the morning of March 7, 1965, nonviolent…
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8 March
COMMENTARY: No War on Poverty — The King Holiday and American Hypocrisy
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The movement in the 1960s won a Civil Rights Act and a Voting Rights Act, but the Poor People’s Campaign was about building on that power to…
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7 March
Study: African Americans Poorer Today Than Five Years Ago
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I don’t want to get political here, but I would hope that this report would color how people view the approaches that the parties and candidates take…
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