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Why Is Tim Scott Suddenly on a Black-Revival Tour?
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) If you’re looking into clues explaining Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) recent revival of blackness, look no further than a recent Winthrop University poll of South Carolina GOP voters. It’s odd that pollsters would even ask largely white Republican voters in a hard red Southern state how they feel about their black Republican senator’s relationship with his black constituents. But, “fraught with racial complexity” was the response from a voting bloc that’s 95 percent... Read more
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CNN To Test New Don Lemon Night Show
CNN is experimenting with a new weekly night show hosted by Don Lemon. The Wrap reported Wednesday that "The Don Lemon Show" will air "tentatively" at 10 PM on Monday nights for approximately five weeks. It's the latest experiment by CNN as chief Jeff Zucker attempts to shakeup the lineup and rebuild the network. Lemon, who currently anchors CNN's "Newsroom" during weekend primetime, will replace Anderson Cooper's "AC 360 Later," which was axed in early February. Zucker... Read more
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President Obama: Community lenders’ network commits to lend $1 billion in support of ‘My Brother’s Keeper’
A network of community lenders is committing to lend $1 billion in support of President Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative that aims to boost the life chances of young African and Hispanic men. The Opportunity Finance Network, which represents more than 225 community development financial institutions, will pledge Thursday it will expand financing for organizations and initiatives working to help young minority men. Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are private lenders set up to help organizations and... Read more
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Obama to Black People: I’m Showing You the Money
From support for HBCUs to efforts to reduce disparities in juvenile justice, the White House is making the case that the president used his 2015 budget to make African-American families a priority. President Obama released his fiscal year 2015 budget this week, telling reporters that the document "is about choices, it's about our values." And the White House is making the case that those values have everything to do with creating a better life for black... Read more
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Rutgers faculty protest Condoleezza Rice as commencement speaker
Rutgers University professors and students are crying foul over the school's decision to invite former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to speak at this year's commencement ceremony. Rutgers' New Brunswick Faculty Council passed a resolution last week calling on the university's board of governors to rescind its invitation to Rice, who will receive $35,000 and an honorary doctorate for the speech, The Star-Ledger reported. The resolution said Rutgers should not honor Rice because of her role in... Read more
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Senate blocks Obama nominee over Mumia Abu-Jamal case
The U.S. Senate narrowly defeated President Obama's nominee to oversee the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division due to Republican and law enforcement objections to the role he played in the defense of convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. Only 47 senators, all Democrats, voted to advance Debo Adegbile's nomination while 52 senators voted to block him, including 7 Democrats. Vice President Biden presided over the vote in the event he could break a tie, which was unnecessary after... Read more
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Former NAACP president becomes venture capitalist
Just months after stepping down as head of the nation's largest civil rights organization, former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is changing his career from an East Coast political activist to a West Coast venture capitalist, a switch he hopes will help further his goal of growing opportunities for blacks and Latinos in the booming tech economy. Getty Images Former President and CEO of the NAACP Benjamin Jealous. "My life's mission has been leveling the playing field and closing... Read more
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