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Paul Young will have an inaugural meeting in Memphis with 20 other mayors on March 27-28. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Mayor Paul Young, partnering with the African American Mayors Association, is launching a new coalition to fight crime across the nation, the city announced Tuesday morning. The Black Mayors’ Coalition on Crime (BMCC) is an […]
Mayor Deegan announces African American Advisory Board at BHM event with 904WARD. (photo courtesy of Mayor Deegan X account) (Mayor Deegan X account, Copyright 2024 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mayor Deegan announced the creation of the African American Advisory Board at an event with Jacksonville nonprofit 904WARD on Tuesday […]
(Update: Protest group ‘strongly opposes’ letter, wants council to call for immediate cease-fire) Letter to federal officials added to Wednesday evening’s agenda; group plans City Hall candlelight vigil BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Weeks after several residents urged Bend city councilors to call for an immediate cease-fire in the war in Gaza, Mayor Melanie Kebler has […]
The city of Boston issued a formal apology on Wednesday to two Black men who had been falsely linked to the death of Carol Stuart, a 30-year-old pregnant woman who was shot in 1989, in one of the most famous cases in the city’s history that spotlighted its racial disparities. Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett […]
Eli Steele is a documentary filmmaker and writer. When I learned that Boston’s mayor Michelle Wu hosted a racially segregated holiday party for the city council’s ‘Electeds of Color,’ I wondered: would I have been invited? After all, my father is black, but my skin looks white.
Eli Steele is a documentary filmmaker and writer. When I learned that Boston’s mayor Michelle Wu hosted a racially segregated holiday party for the city council’s ‘Electeds of Color,’ I wondered: would I have been invited? After all, my father is black, but my skin looks white. The ‘no whites . . .
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s down to two candidates in the race to lead the nation’s fourth-largest city. U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire will face off in Saturday’s runoff election to be the next mayor of Houston. Whitmire and Jackson Lee, both Democrats, were the top two vote-getters in the Nov. 7 […]
Washington, DC—Below is a statement by Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director of The United States Conference of Mayors, on the passing of former Kansas City Mayor Richard Berkley. “Dick Berkley was one of the best mayors I have had the privilege to serve in my 50 year-plus-tenure with The United States Conference of Mayors. […]
By Matt Murphy BBC News, Washington 23 November 2023, 15:30 GMT Updated 49 minutes ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Eric Adams, Mayor of New York City, said of the assault allegation: “The accusation absolutely did not happen” A woman has accused New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams of sexual assault in court papers […]
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