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ANNAPOLIS, MD — Governor Wes Moore today attended the 15th anniversary celebration of the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. and national conference. Governor Moore participated in a discussion centered on creating pathways to work, wages, and wealth and supporting minority-owned businesses as a critical means to making Maryland more competitive. “Eliminating the racial wealth gap is why […]
Billionaire Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker failed to deliver jobs promised for black workers in the emerging cannabis and green energy industries, an economic advocacy group said in a scathing report. Pritzker – considered a potential replacement for President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket – will be hosting the Democratic National Convention […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images In this photo illustration, a teenager uses her mobile phone to access social media. New York is the first state to pass a law regulating social media algorithms amid nationwide allegations that apps such as Instagram or TikTok have hooked users with addictive features. CNN  — Big changes are coming for New […]
Maryland Governor Wes Moore said Black Marylanders were three times more likely to be detained over cannabis-related charges than their white counterparts – Copyright AFP Omar AL-QATTAA Frankie TAGGART The governor of the US state of Maryland issued a mass pardon of drug offenses on Monday, in a far-reaching move forgiving 175,000 low-level marijuana convictions […]
US News By Patrick Reilly Published May 16, 2024, 4:35 p.m. ET Texas
After pressure from former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, and a long campaign from Texas governor Greg Abbott, a pardon is issued for Daniel Perry after he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Thursday 16 May 2024 23:10, UK A former US army sergeant who killed a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020 has […]
P.B.S. Pinchback, the first Black American to serve as governor of a U.S. state, was born on May 10, 1837, to a formerly enslaved mother and her former enslaver. During the Civil War, Pinchback, who was once a riverboat gambler, served as an officer in the Union Army. He ventured into politics in 1868, first […]
MIAMI – Former Florida governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham has died. Graham, who chaired the Intelligence Committee following the 2001 terrorist attacks and opposed the Iraq invasion, was 87. His family announced the death Tuesday in a statement posted on X by his daughter Gwen Graham. The Florida Democratic Party issued the following statement on […]
Bob Graham, a consensus-building moderate Democrat who as a two-term Florida governor and a three-term U.S. senator became one of the most popular politicians in the state’s history and then one of the Senate’s most ardent opponents of the Iraq War, died April 16 at the age of 87.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 87. Graham’s family announced the death Tuesday in a statement […]