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Win With Black Women raise $1M for Kamala Harris within 3 hours

Kamala Harris’s journey to earning the Democratic Party’s nomination for the 2024 General Election got a huge boost on July 21. Win With Black Women held a Zoom call after President Joe Biden announced he was not running for re-election this year. After making the statement, Biden’s first move was to endorse Vice President Kamala...

‘They Didn’t Stop It’: Black Worker Says Irate Customer Knocked Her Down, Stomped on Her at Mississippi Dollar General and Management, Bystanders Refused to Intervene or Call Police
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‘They Didn’t Stop It’: Black Worker Says Irate Customer Knocked Her Down, Stomped on Her at Mississippi Dollar General and Management, Bystanders Refused to Intervene or Call Police

Michelle Renee Abney was three weeks into her job at a Dollar General store in Laurel, Mississippi, when she said she was attacked by an irate customer who knocked her down and stomped on her with steel-toe boots as her managers watched without intervening or calling the police.  Abney posted an 18-minute Facebook Live video...

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Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race; endorses Kamala Harris

After a drumbeat of calls to drop his reelection bid, President Joe Biden  has dropped out of the 2024 race. The president endorsed  his VP, Kamala Harris, as the Democratic nominee. A number of Democrats praised Biden’s decision, including Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin who said the president put his “country first.” Michigan Gov. Gretchen...

‘I’m Still Having Nightmares’: Miami Police Banged on Little Girl’s Window, Pointed Guns at Black Veteran In Search of Her Home for Stranger Who Was Already In Jail
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‘I’m Still Having Nightmares’: Miami Police Banged on Little Girl’s Window, Pointed Guns at Black Veteran In Search of Her Home for Stranger Who Was Already In Jail

Naomi Simmons, a 27-year-old Black woman who served in the Afghanistan War, was sitting at home alone one night last month when somebody began banging on her daughter’s bedroom window.  She stepped outside to see what the commotion was about and was met by Miami-Dade police officers pointing guns at her face, telling her they...

‘Died on the Clock’: Family Challenges USPS Response to Death of Postal Service Employee Who Died from Possible Heat Stroke While Working In Back of Hot Truck
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‘Died on the Clock’: Family Challenges USPS Response to Death of Postal Service Employee Who Died from Possible Heat Stroke While Working In Back of Hot Truck

The family of a North Carolina postal service worker who died after working under intense heat is taking the United States Postal Service to task over their response to their loved one’s death. Postal worker Wednesday “Wendy” Johnson died on June 6 at her job in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Family members reportedly say the 51-year-old...

‘You Wanna Play with Me?!’: Gun-toting Indiana Man Shot to Death After Running Up on Another Driver In Road Rage Confrontation, Just Two Weeks After His Wedding
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‘You Wanna Play with Me?!’: Gun-toting Indiana Man Shot to Death After Running Up on Another Driver In Road Rage Confrontation, Just Two Weeks After His Wedding

Viral cellphone video shows a road rage dispute between two men in Indianapolis taking a deadly turn. Police found 29-year-old Gavin Dasaur suffering from gunshot wounds in the middle of a street near an interstate on the city’s southeast side Tuesday night. Gavin Dasaur, 29, was killed during a road rage confrontation in Indianapolis. He...