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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Representative John Rogers is now on track for trial in a federal fraud case. Rogers was arraigned Thursday at the Hugo L. Black U.S. Courthouse. Rogers pleaded not guilty to obstruction of justice and obstruction of justice by bribery. “Now we will go over discovery and look at pretrial motions,” explained […]
“It took weeks to get the walls rebuilt,” his daughter, Anuschka, said, “and during that time, my father’s medical students came on a schedule, protecting the house with broom poles and sticks, sitting out all night. There was so much love from his community of students.” In addition to his son and daughter, he is […]
In the fall of 2021, members of the Louisiana Legislature embarked on a “Redistricting Roadshow” to hear from voters before they began to redraw the state’s legislative and congressional maps. Over four months, legislators from the House and Senate Governmental Affairs Committees heard hours of testimony and received numerous emails concerning the creation of a […]
The American Library Association (ALA) recently reported there have been 695 attempts to censor library materials and services, as well as documented challenges to 1,915 unique titles over a seven-month period in 2023. According to the ALA report, “The majority of the targeted books were ‘written by or about a person of color or a […]
Scott Gatto of Clay Township, a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran and founder of Reunite The Fight, a nonprofit that helps Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other problems talks about the journey that led him to start the group. GINA JOSEPH – THE MACOMB DAILY It’s hard for Scott Gatto to explain why he […]
Russia in July militarized the Black Sea, threatening commercial ships and Ukraine’s ports. Lacking major warships, Ukraine has turned to sea drones and cruise missiles to respond. When Russia announced its intentions to militarize the Black Sea in July, Moscow tried to dominate the waters by issuing a sweeping threat to civilian ships transiting the […]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville is set to host a gathering of some of America’s most elite warriors, marking 30 years after an epic battle for survival in the city of Mogadishu along the east coast of Africa in the country of Somalia. “About 60% casualty rate where (U.S. troops) were injured. I was shot three times, […]
Review of Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class by Blair L. M. Kelley (Liveright, 2023). When sixteen-year-old Minnie Savage boarded a train from Lee Mont, Virginia, to Philadelphia in 1918 with nothing more than a sandwich, she told no one of her plans. The promise of jobs and opportunity in the North […]
New York CNN — President Joe Biden on Tuesday made a forceful call for the world to stand up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling for leaders to stand firm in their support of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his nation as the war heads toward its second autumn. Biden said Russian President Vladimir . . […]
Promising to end the practice of piling on more environmental burdens to the same South and West Side communities, Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a series of reforms aimed at changing city practices after federal investigators last year determined Chicago violates the civil rights of its residents by concentrating polluting businesses in Black and Brown […]