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11-21-2024 2:41 am • PDX and SEA Weather
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(Library of Congress via AP)
Smalls escaped from slavery in May 1862 by wearing Confederate clothes and mimicking the hand signals and whistles to sail the rebel ship past guards and to the U.S. Navy. He also served in the U.S. House after the Civil War and wrote a constitution that allowed Blacks to vote before racists took back over.
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At an event Tuesday in Miami, he said Harris was “lazy as hell” for not holding a campaign event that day. Harris spent her day in meetings in Washington and recording interviews with Telemundo and NBC.
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Voters in key battleground states such as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania overwhelmingly favor reform, positioning the issue as potentially a deciding factor in the 2024 presidential race.
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The study reveals that Black patients are 29% less likely than their white counterparts to receive multimodal analgesia, which utilizes various medications to improve pain control while reducing opioid use.
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Yusef Salaam (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise, and Yusef Salaam—who spent years in prison before their 2002 exoneration—accuse Trump of defaming them, painting them in a false light, and intentionally inflicting emotional distress by continuing to spread falsehoods about their case.
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Dr. Elizabeth Linos, Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management at Harvard University, appeared on the Black Press’ Let It Be Known to discuss her groundbreaking study, “Intersectional Peer Effects at Work: The Effects of White Co-Workers on Black Women’s Careers.”
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Authorities say seven people died on what was supposed to be a day of celebration of the island's tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants.
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Kamala Harris has visited two Atlanta-area churches where she urged Black members of the congregations to turn out at the polls. She got a big assist Sunday from music legend Stevie Wonder, who rallied worshippers in Jonesboro, Georgia, with a rendition of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song.” Harris' stops at the churches was part of a nationwide push known as “souls to the polls.” It’s a mobilization effort to encourage early voting in political battleground states. After services, buses took congregants directly to early polling places. Wonder led the crowd in Jonesboro in singing his version of “Happy Birthday” to the vice president. She turned 60 on Sunday.
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Trump’s divisive rhetoric is nothing new. His enduring call for the death penalty for five Black and Latino men—exonerated in the infamous Central Park jogger case—casts a long shadow over his candidacy. In stark contrast, Vice President Harris, the Democratic nominee, and a former prosecutor, has spoken out against Trump’s inflammatory language and is advocating for a justice system that is fair and equitable for all.
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Some residents of Turner Station have seen their commute times increase drastically, making them question whether they can hold out until a new bridge is built. Others hope the massive construction project will help usher in a new chapter of revitalization for their struggling neighborhood, which was originally built to house Black steelworkers during segregation.
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