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NAACP applauds failure of ‘Obamacare’ repeal, urges healthcare protection
Just out of its 108th annual convention in Baltimore, the NAACP hailed what it described as a “victory” after the U. S. Senate failed to pass a “skinny repeal” of the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) July 27. The organization then urged protection of health care “by any means necessary.”
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100 Trump actions in 100 days— to the detriment of Black progress
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has released a list of 100 actions taken by President Donald Trump during his first 100 days that the CBC says have been detrimental to the country–especially the Black community.
“People of all ages and races, including many young people of color, are standing up and speaking out about this Administration’s actions and how they will hurt our communities and the country,” says CBC Chairman Cedric Richmond in a statement.
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Omarosa walks out of ‘Black Press Week’ breakfast
Omarosa Manigault, President Donald Trump’s director of communications for public liaison, walked out of a breakfast meeting she had requested to attend, hosted by the National Newspaper Publishers Association two weeks ago in Washington D.C., after disputing the accuracy of a story written by this reporter in January.
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Joint Center: Once bastion of Black political research pressing to survive
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, esteemed as America’s foremost think tank for Black political and economic research, is struggling with financial problems so serious that its political arm has been gutted and its interim president is working for free.