Tag: Black People
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Keisha Lance Bottoms on What Democrats Have to Do to Not Squander the Win
The governor-elect of Georgia is elated about her party’s victories in the South, but knows realignment is far from secure.
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How Mississippi Reached the Verge of Electing a Black Senator
The echoes of history surround Scott Colom’s final push toward victory, but assembling the coalition that propelled him took hard work after many Democratic misses.
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Hakeem Jeffries, in Line to Become House Speaker, Promises Bold Agenda
The man in line to be the first Black speaker is a reserved moderate seen by activists on the left as too timid to take on President Trump. He says he’s “strongly positioned” to get things done.
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Black Southerners Voted at Unusually High Levels — and They Voted for Democrats
Democrats in the South used anger over redistricting, cuts to key federal programs and attacks on Black history to help galvanize a crucial bloc of voters to the polls.
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How Bally Bagayoko, a 53-Year-Old Mayor, Became the Face of France’s Youth Protests
Bally Bagayoko, the mayor of a working-class suburb near Paris, has been a regular presence at student demonstrations, prompting both applause and condemnation.
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Curtis Flowers Has Died at 56. His Case Became a Symbol of Racial Bias.
A white district attorney tried Mr. Flowers six times for the same murder, always ensuring that few or no Black people were on the juries.
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Chris Rock Has Been Thinking About Forgiveness
The comedian and filmmaker on what real friendship looks like, what keeps him up at night and his new movie, “Misty Green.”
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It’s Time for the W.N.B.A. to Pick Sides
The league has an invaluable opportunity right now; it can be a reflection of the world as it could be, not merely as it is.
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.