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Guest AuthorApril 20, 2018

The cornerstone of democratic ideals has always been premised on the notion of a fully represented electorate. Since 1965, the Voting Rights Act has shifted the advantage of history to rectify the unjust voting practices that allowed for the subversion of rights of a growing minority population. In a landmark decision by Chief Justice Earl […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 11, 2017

Jacksonville City Council candidate Earl Testy has raised $31 thus far in his long shot bid for public office, putting him somewhat behind his opponent, Randy DeFoor, who has $81,000 on hand. However, unlike DeFoor — whose campaign has largely been limited to fundraising thus far — Testy has garnered publicity through making statements online that many […]

Associated PressJanuary 19, 2017

On the night in 2008 when Barack Obama was elected the country’s first black president, many black Americans wept. Eight years later, they weep again for the end of an era some thought they would never live to see — and for the uncertain future they face without him. In Obama, many African-Americans felt they […]

Mitch PerryNovember 3, 2016

Aiming at driving black voters to the polls to vote on down-ballot races, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is now airing radio ads featuring Barack Obama and Michelle Obama in Florida’s congressional Districts 7 and 13, two districts with a significant African-American population. This DCCC radio advertising campaign begins Thursday and runs until next Monday, Nov. 7 in the Orlando and Tampa […]

Associated PressOctober 26, 2016

Back in June, when Donald Trump slammed President Barack Obama‘s endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Twitter, the Democrat’s campaign was quick to tweet back a chilly three-word response: “Delete your account.” It was a telling exchange, and not just because it set the stage for what has become the country’s first nationwide Twitter election. It […]

Associated PressOctober 16, 2016

New ID requirements. Unfamiliar or distant polling places. Names missing from the voter rolls. Those are just some of the challenges that could disrupt voting across the country through Election Day. While most elections have their share of glitches, experts worry conditions are ripe this year for trouble at the nation’s polling places. This is […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 20, 2016

Hillary Clinton has some “real talk” for voters thinking about staying home on Election Day. The Clinton campaign released a new, 60-second radio spot Tuesday aimed at African-American millennial voters. The advertisement attempts to lay out the importance of voting, and encourages listeners to register to vote. “It’s almost election time again. Thinking about staying […]

Associated PressJuly 28, 2016

As most Democrats rally around Hillary Clinton, the lingering “Bernie or Bust” movement is stirring frustration at the party’s convention among delegates of color, who say they’re upset at the refusal of the Vermont senator’s most fervent backers to fall in line. “I am so exhausted by it,” said Danielle Adams, a black Clinton delegate […]

Associated PressJuly 17, 2016

Donald Trump‘s effort to unite a splintered Republican Party around his candidacy is about to take center stage in a city that is itself deeply fractured. Once an industrial powerhouse, Cleveland is one of the poorest and most segregated big cities in America. Two out of five people live below the poverty line, second only […]

Associated PressMay 17, 2016

African-Americans are doing about the same as they have in previous years as the nation rises out of the Great Recession, and much better than they did when its first “State of Black America” report came out 40 years ago, the National Urban League said Tuesday. The new report, “Locked Out: Education, Jobs & Justice,” […]

Tag: African Americans

Amy Mercado: A representative democracy for all

Jacksonville City Council candidate talks female ‘libidos’, ‘conversion of Negro Democrats’

Black Americans weep for the Obama era and uncertain future

DCCC to air radio ads in CD 7 and 13 featuring Barack and Michelle Obama

The Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton Twitter war: Bludgeon vs. stiletto

Possible Election Day problems worry civil rights advocates

Hillary Clinton focuses on African American millennials in new radio spot

Minority Dem delegates frustrated with ‘Bernie or Bust’

Cleveland, a fractured city, an apt place for GOP convention

Report: Black America doing much better than 40 years ago