October - 2022

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Joe Biden’s Great Recovery

By Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC) House Majority Whip One definition of recovery is, “a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.” Another is, “the action or process of regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost.” I can’t think of any more appropriate descriptions of the first 20 months of President Joe Biden’s Administration. History records President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the creator of the New Deal, President Harry S. Truman as the

Celebration of Life Services to be Held for Former Westchester Resident, Attorney Melvin Burruss

Celebration of Life Services to be Held in Virginia and Branford, CT Family and friends will be Celebrating the Life of Melvin A. Burruss in Virginia at the VIEWING on Saturday, October 29, 2022, from 11:00AM to 4:00PM at the J.F. Bell Funeral Home, Inc., 108 6th Street NW, in Charlottesville, VA 22903; and A HOME GOING SERVICE on Sunday, October 30, 2022, at 1:00 PM at Foster Creek Baptist Church, 4028 E. Jack Jouett Road, in Louisa, VA 23093. In Branford, Connecticut, Famil

ABC-TV Anchor Sandra Bookman Interviews Dr. Diana Williams on Sunday, November 20th at Noon.

“Dog Whistle” Rhetoric Is Giving Way To Tuberville & Greene’s Overt Racism

“I’ve heard racists say all kinds of things. I’ve heard them say that Black people are criminals, and I’ve heard them say that reparations are reverse racism. But it takes a true racism innovator to combine both ideas at the same time.” – Trevor Noah Until last Saturday, Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s most significant contribution to racial justice was asking students and fans of the University of Mississippi, where he was a head football coach in 1997, to stop waving the Confedera

COMMENTARY: This November, Unite to Defend the Black Vote

Right before our last national elections in 2020, thousands of Black voters in Detroit got a call from someone posing as a woman named “Tamika Taylor.” She warned them that if they voted, the government would collect their personal information and come after them for credit card debt, outstanding warrants, even forced vaccinations. The calls were a voter suppression scam, and the two white guys behind it were prosecuted. But we’ll never know how many people were nervous enoug

Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard Appoints Tamika A. Coverdale to City Court Judge

MOUNT VERNON, NY (Friday, 10/14/22) – Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard announced the appointment of Tamika A. Coverdale as the newest Mount Vernon City Court Judge. Tamika A. Coverdale will be sworn in on Monday, October 17, 2022 at City Hall. Ms. Coverdale was selected through a competitive vetting and interview process with the Mayor’s Judicial Committee, chaired by William Wagstaff III, Esq., wherein the top two contenders were forwarded to Mayor Patterson-Howard for final co

County Promotes Flu Vaccine and COVID Bivalent Booster with Upcoming Health Clinics

(White Plains, NY) – Flu season is officially upon us, and County Executive George Latimer and Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler are encouraging residents to get vaccinated to remain healthy and safe. The Westchester County Health Department will offer both the flu vaccine and COVID-19 bivalent booster by appointment. every Monday and Friday in October from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at 134 Court Street in White Plains. Latimer said: “As we have seen since over the past two year

Coalition Kicks Off Votercade with Goal of 10 Million More Black Voters

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “A right is not something someone gives you. It’s something that someone cannot take away from you. That’s what this is about. It’s about restoring the right and the dignity of the voter. If your vote didn’t matter, suppression wouldn’t try to suffocate it. We need 10 million more voters.” The bar is set high: 10 million more Black voters. That’s the goal as the Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC), the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), Rainb

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