NNPA Special – NNPA Black Voter Drive
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Feb- 2020 -24 February
Outgoing Mississippi Governor Says state faces ‘1,000 years of Darkness’ if Black Man Elected
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "I intend to work for @cindyhydesmith as if the fate of America depended on her single election," Gov. Phil Bryant tweeted on January 2. "If Mike Espy…
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23 February
After Nevada Win, Sen. Bernie Sanders Trying to Prove He Can Win Minority Voters
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The polling also showed that former Vice President Joe Biden at 16% of the Latino and Hispanic vote, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 9%,…
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17 February
Trump Administration Cuts Food Stamps for at Least 700,000 Americans
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Brandon Lipps, the deputy undersecretary for the USDA’s Food Nutrition and Consumer Services, spoke with reporters for under 20 minutes regarding the…
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17 February
DCCC Employs Innovative Game Plan to Increase New Democratic Majority
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “[We] know that voting is an essential right and that expanding access to ballot is good for our democracy,” said Cheri Bustos, who in her role as…
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12 February
Mike Bloomberg Makes History with the Black Press of America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The Bloomberg campaign’s initiative is groundbreaking, and it goes to significantly increasing the economic health of African Americans by tripling their net worth,” said Columbia, South Carolina…
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11 February
Black voters are the cornerstone of the Democratic Party and the most reliable voting block.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump is increasingly highlighting his pitch to African Americans as Democrats struggle to decide amongst a crowded field. Political observers understand that Trump is unlikely to win…
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10 February
COMMENTARY: Is President Trump A Product of Divine Intervention?
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It truly explains the Trump victory, I have no doubt. No man can take the credit. Only the strong right arm of a merciful God. But that…
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10 February
Former DNC Chair Howard Dean Recalls His 2003 Run for President
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "We cannot have a party where the constituency looks like one thing, and the people who are running at the top of the ticket look like something…
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6 February
OP-ED: Commemorating our past, starts with cementing our present-day legacy
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The obstacles put in place by those that wish to see us disenfranchised – from the Census to the ballot box – only prolong the inevitable changing…
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6 February
COMMENTARY: The Impeachment Was Really Just Senators and Lawyers Talking
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Politics has always been about whom is the most articulate, and factual, but the impeachment appeared to be more about talking, and the facts were not important.…
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