Tag: Kamala Harris
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Black Women Rally Behind Kamala Harris
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent Democrats and the rest of the nation are once again turning to Black women to lead the charge in saving democracy, and they have again stepped to the plate and swung for the fences. Following President Joe Biden’s announcement that he would not run for the ... -
Brittney Griner Freed
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent After 294 days in Russian custody, including the past several weeks in a dreaded and dangerous penal colony, WNBA star Brittney Griner is free. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Griner’s wife at the White House, where they spoke with the basketball ... -
Calls for Gov. to Name Black Senator
By Tanu Henry California Black Media Black leaders across California are pointing to three “obvious” reasons they say it’s wise for Gov. Newsom to pick either Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA-37) or Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) to replace Sen. Kamala Harris when she vacates her seat and is inaugurated vice president of the United States in January. “We are adamant that the replacement of Senator Harris’s seat ... -
America Declares to Trump: ‘You’re Fired’
Black Votes Push Biden Over the Top in Contentious Election By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Sr Nat’l Correspondent After days of post-Election Day counting, Democrat Joe Biden has defeated President Donald Trump to become the nation’s 46th commander-in-chief. With all eyes on Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona, it was the Keystone State’s 20 electoral ... -
Is Kamala Harris Right Choice to ‘Save our Country’?
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Commentary That Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris announced her candidate for president on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is no coincidence. For her supporters and those who know her well, Harris has long been a fighter for freedom, justice and equality and she’s often invoked the spirit ... -
Black Press Honors Sen. Kamala Harris with Newsmaker of the Year Award
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) honored Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) with the 2018 Newsmaker of the Year Award during Black Press Week. The Newsmaker event took place at the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday, March 14. “The Honorable Kamala Harris, the second African American woman and first South Asian American senator in U.S. ...