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Civil Rights Leaders Urge Biden to Pick Black Attorney General Nominee

By Elizabeth Crisp, Newsweek

Several prominent civil rights leaders are urging President-elect Joe Biden to nominate a Black person to be his attorney general, citing pressing issues like voting rights, police violence and prison concerns that disproportionately have affected the Black community.

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Nearly 20 Dozen Groups Demand Biden Cancel All Federal Student Debt on Day One by Executive Order

More than 235 nonprofit and community organizations on Wednesday sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, urging them to "use executive authority to cancel federal student debt on day one of their administration."

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Former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial says Mayor Cantrell's Strong Stance on Covid Justified

"It's very difficult to do this city by city... state by state. What's been lacking is a national plan. We have to get control of the pandemic."

 

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‘We Will Resist Suppression’: Philadelphia Community Leaders Urging Residents To Vote

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — In what has been an unprecedented campaign 2020, Philadelphia has been front and center of President Donald Trump’s criticism over balloting and early voting. Community leaders continue to encourage voter registrations.

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Civil rights leaders at the head of the NAACP and the National Urban League say Americans get 2 things wrong about the racial wealth gap (Business Insider)

If you want to get a heated debate going, start talking about the reasons for the wealth gap between Black and white Americans. Everybody has an opinion.

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Black-owned gay bars are dwindling. Can they survive Covid? (NBC News)

For more than two decades, gay bars, especially those owned by people of color, have been disappearing. Historically, these spaces were where the LGBTQ community gathered to find romance, make long-lasting friendships and engage in community activism.

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We should call out ‘the absolute hypocrisy of the senate majority’: Marc Morial

President Trump plans to announce is Supreme Court pick on Saturday to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Marc Morial, National Urban League President & CEO, joins The Final Round to discuss the impact of the Supreme Court, its legacy with civil unrest in the United States, and what steps have been taken to actively solve some of the problems through the U.S. legal system.

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Biden faces growing pressure to pick diverse economic team (Politico)

Civil rights advocates and minority finance professionals are calling on Joe Biden to consider naming people of color to economic posts in his administration — and to reject demands by progressives to eliminate candidates from Wall Street.

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Census End Remains Uncertain After Judge Calls New Schedule 'A Violation' (NPR)

A day after the Census Bureau fired off a one-sentence tweet announcing Oct. 5 as its new "target date" for ending all efforts to tally the country's residents, a federal judge said she thinks the new schedule is "a violation" of her court order.

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Denny Hamlin Unveils FedEx Cares Paint Scheme Promoting Project Ready with the National Urban League

The FedEx Racing team will use its sponsorship to provide a platform for creating more diverse and equitable communities. The No. 11 FedEx Cares Toyota, driven by Denny Hamlin, will highlight the National Urban League and its Project Ready program for the Sept.

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