It’s an all-hands moment for Democracy, with the fight to protect and expand voting rights front and center. The stakes are high, and Black leaders from the grassroots and legacy civil rights organizations are not letting up President Biden and the Senate.
Harvard Professor and former NAACP National President Cornell Brooks previously spoke with NewsOne about the primacy of the right to vote. He explained that all other rights depended on the right to vote, thus increasing its importance.
Calling contemporary voter suppression efforts Machiavellian, Brooks drew a direct parallel with elected officials advocating voter suppression laws and the questionable......
Rookie Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najee Harris, who was born in Martinez and attended high school in Antioch, came home last week to join Gov. Gavin Newsom in Santa Clara as he announced his efforts to address the state’s ongoing homelessness crisis and a new COVID-19-related rental relief program.
Harris, who was picked in the first round of the NFL draft about a month ago, is using his celebrity and resources to support low-income families experiencing homelessness and hunger through his nonprofit Da’ Bigger Picture Foundation.
At the press conference with the governor, Harris shared his personal experience with homelessness and how that has inspired him to......
A Black woman who attended a protest for George Floyd in Atlanta is suing the city after a police officer body-slammed her. The May 29, 2020 incident took place when Amber Jackson tried to get in her car and leave the protest.
The video of the incident went viral and shows Atlanta police officer Cody Swanger throwing the 24-year-old to the ground. Jackson’s attorney Mawuli Davis said his client and her boyfriend were leaving Lenox Square Mall. She then moved a barricade to get to her car. “They weren’t there to loot. They were there to protest. They were trying to leave the area and that’s why Amber moved the......
