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Shot. For the audiences sake weve stopped the video before the fatal shot was fired. This morning the remains of that Wendys Restaurants were still smoldering after its interior was burned to the ground by protesters saturday night. One of the officers involved now fired. A second placed on administrative duty. And the citys police chief now resigned amid the controversy. As Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as cast the shooting as an unjustified use of deadly force. This latest firestorm comes...

With much of his racial equity agenda thwarted by Congress or the courts, President Biden is trying to close an enthusiasm gap among the voters who helped deliver him to the White House.

More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt reduced -- and in many cases eliminated -- under the long-awaited forgiveness plan President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, a historic but politically divisive move in the run-up to the midterm elections.

The debt forgiveness comes after months of deliberations in the White House over fairness and fears that the plan could exacerbate inflation before the midterms.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce Wednesday that he is canceling $10,000 in student loan debt for Americans earning $125,000 or less per year and extending a pause on

The Highland Project invests time and money into Black women-led projects who havent gotten the uplift they need.

ATLANTA, Ga., Feb 26, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Black Youth Vote Georgia (BYV GA) will host the intergenerational Stand With Georgia Virtual March to launch “Don’t Bother My Ballot,” a youth-led campaign to fight oppressive voter suppression laws recently introduced by Georgia legislators and to promote the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Proposed laws to make it harder for elderly, students, people with disabilities and BIPOC voters to exercise their right t...

Speakers joining BYV GA’s MaryPat Hector and Jared Sawyer include: Rep. Nikema Williams, Ambassador Andrew Young, Melanie L. Campbell, and Rev. Al Sharpton (ATLANTA, Ga.) — NEWS: Black Youth Vote Georgia (BYV GA) will host the intergenerational Stand With Georgia Virtual March to launch “Don’t Bother My Ballot,” a youth-led campaign to fight oppressive voter suppression laws recently introduced by Georgia legislators and to promote the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advanceme...

  Mary-Pat Hector, a popular female Civil Rights Activist in the United States (US), has lauded President Akufo-Addo for his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. According to her, she has been in the country for some days and she is highly impressed about the positive measures being put in place by the government to help stop Covid-19 and save human lives. Mary-Pat Hector, who was one of the youngest community leaders to advise ex-US President, Barack Obama, on Criminal Justice Re...