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☆ Roxane Gay on the Open Letter - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Roxane Gay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Open letters are not new; they have served as rhetorical tools for at least two centuries, from Émile Zola’s “J’accuse” to the Rev. Open letters are persuasive arguments, but they are also entreaties. Please, hear me, the writers of open letters implore. I am not a fan of open letters, though I recognize their value. The open letter, as a genre is, in this way, far too limited.

Persons: ”, Martin Luther King Jr, I’ve Locations: Birmingham

☆ AI is threatening Americans’ jobs. Could guaranteed income provide a safety net?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

That idea of guaranteed income is receiving renewed interest as AI becomes an increasing threat to Americans’ livelihoods. As more Americans’ jobs are increasingly at risk due to the threat of AI, Tubbs and other proponents of guaranteed income say this could be one solution to help provide a safety net and cushion the expected blow AI will have on the labor market. “Then, when we have to deal with that job displacement, we’re better positioned to do so.”Silicon Valley’s infatuation with guaranteed incomeThe idea of a guaranteed income is not new. AFP/Getty ImagesDecades after King’s death, the idea of guaranteed income went on to see a resurgence of support emanating out of Silicon Valley. Other tech industry tycoons, including Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, have also thrown immense financial support behind guaranteed income programs.

Persons: CNN — Michael Tubbs, Tubbs, ”, “, ” Michael Tubbs, Nick Otto, ” Tubbs, Nathan Frandino, Let’s, Martin Luther King, Jr, I’m, ” King, King, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman —, Musk, Rishi Sunak, Zuckerberg, ” Altman, Altman, Sam Altman, Justin Sullivan, Elizabeth Rhodes, Jack Dorsey, Dorsey, Ken Paxton, ” Paxton, overreach, ‘ It’s, ’ Tomas Vargas Jr, Vargas, I’ve, that’s, ” Tomas Vargas Jr, Tomas Vargas Jr, ” Vargas Organizations: CNN, Getty, Global, Monetary Fund, Reuters, Stockton, Civil Rights, Washington DC, Elon, “, UK, Harvard, Facebook, YCombinator, Twitter, UPS Locations: Stockton , California, Silicon Valley, Big, America, Stockton, AFP, San Joaquin, U.S, Washington, Alaska, YCombinator, San Francisco , California, United States, Texas, Harris, Harris County

☆ Review: Dance Theater of Harlem Is in New (and Capable) Hands
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Gia Kourlas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

And on Thursday, Garland showed that he was getting some things right: Dance Theater, now in its 55th season, has a vintage kind of glow. The company, along with its dancers, seems to be more sure of itself: It’s growing into a sense of style. Honoring Mitchell was a reminder of why Dance Theater, born after the assassination of the Rev. Along with showcasing the transformative power of ballet, Garland writes in the program, Mitchell used Dance Theater as a means for social justice in part by way of its repertoire: George Balanchine ballets were performed alongside works by Black choreographers like Geoffrey Holder. 2,” which braids social dance with classical ballet.

Persons: Robert Garland, “ Arthur Mitchell, ‘, Robert, ’, — Mitchell, Garland, Mitchell, Martin Luther King Jr, George Balanchine, Black, Geoffrey Holder, curation, —, ”, Marius Petipa Organizations: New York City Center, Dance Theater of Harlem, “ Locations: New

☆ Melina Abdullah: Cornel West announces fellow academic as running mate
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Aaron Pellish | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

We can be expansive and imaginative.”Abdullah, who was raised Baptist, said she believes her religious background ties into the core themes of West’s campaign. A contrast with BidenWest’s choice of a Muslim running mate accentuates his push to appeal to Muslim American voters who are dissatisfied with Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. “That said, Black Lives Matter does not endorse candidates, right? So Black Lives Matter will not be endorsing me. People within Black Lives Matter, my prayer and hope is that they’ll come with us.

Persons: Cornel, Melina Abdullah, Smiley, ” West, “, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King Jr, Abdullah, Joe Biden, ”, I’ve, ” Abdullah, Annahita, ’, ’ ” Abdullah, Biden, accentuates, West, Dexter Reed, Kamala Harris, “ Biden, Harris, Lloyd Austin, We’re, Cornel West, Donald Trump, Matt Corridoni, “ I’ve Organizations: CNN, Independent, Cornel West, Black, California State University , Los, “, Muslim, Democratic National Committee, ”, Howard University, American Studies, University of Southern Locations: Muslim, California State University , Los Angeles, Israel, Michigan, Gaza, Chicago, University of Southern California

☆ Jasmin Paris: ‘Being a woman was never a barrier,’ says ultrarunner after historic Barkley Marathons finish
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The Barkley Marathons consists of five loops, 20 miles each, along unmarked trails in rural Tennessee, with about 67,000 feet of elevation. David Allan/CNN If accepted into the race, runners get a "letter of condolence." David Allan/CNN Barkley runners jump into a creek and wade through a tunnel that goes under Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. Instead, it was weeks of training that laid the foundation for Paris’ Barkley success. We know that travel is a huge component of the carbon footprint of running and racing.”Regardless of whether she returns, the Barkley Marathons is an event that Paris will always hold dear.

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☆ Many Renaissance portraits were hidden behind panels — this new exhibition explores why
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Eileen TravellToday, we think of Renaissance portraiture as paintings on canvas or church walls, viewed openly. But an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, “Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance,” reveals how many works of art from the period were deliberately covered by painted panels or shutters, or contained additional compositions on their reverse side. “These multisided and covered portraits have never been the subject of an exhibition before,” said the show’s curator, Alison Manges Nogueira, in a video call with CNN. On the reverse of this portrait, the artist Hans Memling painted one of the first independent still lifes, according to the exhibition. Museo Nacional Thyssen-BornemiszaThe exhibition includes works by Albrecht Dürer, Titian and Hans Holbein.

Persons: Martin Luther, He’d, Lucas Cranach, Katharina von Bora, Friedrich the Wise, Saxony, Anna Rasper, Eileen Travell, ”, Alison Manges Nogueira, Metropolitan Museum of Art “, ” Nogueira, that’s, Nogueira, Hans Memling, Albrecht Dürer, Titian, Hans Holbein, Cupid, Jacometto, —, it’s Organizations: CNN, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museo Nacional Thyssen Locations: New York, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain

☆ Federal judge condemns ‘normalization’ of January 6 while sentencing defiant rioter
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A federal judge on Wednesday blasted a convicted January 6 rioter for downplaying the US Capitol attack and using the kind of revisionist rhetoric that former President Donald Trump often uses on the campaign trial. “This cannot become normal… We cannot condone the normalization of the January 6 US Capitol riot,” US District Judge Royce Lamberth said while sentencing Taylor James Johnatakis to more than seven years in prison. He did not reference Trump by name while sentencing Johnatakis, but the comparisons were clear. According to evidence presented at trial, Johnatakis attended Trump’s rally on January 6 and then threatened to “break down doors” while marching toward the Capitol. He has been defiant about his actions, saying in a recent interview that “we did nothing” on January 6, and writing about the “injustice” that he and other Capitol riot defendants are facing behind bars.

Persons: Donald Trump, Royce Lamberth, Taylor James Johnatakis, Johnatakis, ” Trump, “, ”, Martin Luther King Jr, Henry David Thoreau, ” Lamberth, Ronald Reagan, ” Johnatakis Organizations: CNN, Capitol, Trump, Sovereign, Prosecutors Locations: Washington ,

☆ Beyoncé is opening the door for these Black country artists
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Beyoncé has some people excited about country music. But they aren’t the only ones whose careers could benefit from Queen Bey’s entrance into country music. Andrew Nelles /The Tennessean/USA Today NetworkRVSHVD (pronounced Ra-shad) is another Georgia native who is making his way in the country music industry. Apple TV+Ashlie Amber may not have won a TV competition meant to open doors for underrepresented country artists, but she’s definitely winning fans. Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesTwins Derek Campbell and Brandon Campbell are fighting for inclusivity in country music in more ways than one.

Persons: CNN — Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé, can’t, Dolly Parton’s, Jolene, ”, Tanner Adell, Willie Jones, Tiera Kennedy, Linda Martell, Reyna Roberts, Brittney Spencer, Derek White, Kelly Clarkson, Shania Twain, Twain, “, ” Twain, ” Kylan Boykin, we’re, Nytere Boykin, Carter ”, ” Nytere Boykin, RVSHVD RVSHVD, Andrew Nelles, Clint Rashad Johnson, Keith Urban’s, — Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Angel Rewis, Johnson, She’s, Amber Ashlie Amber, Amber, she’s, Reese Witherspoon, Kacey Musgraves, Jimmie Allen, Mickey Guyton, Orville Peck, ” Micaela Kleinsmith, ” Amber, “ Beyoncé, Derek Campbell, Brandon Campbell, Jason Kempin, we’ve, ” Derek Campbell, WSMV4, Hart, Trea Swindle, Danica Hart, Devynn Hart, Chapel Hart, Evan Agostini, “ Jolene, –, Danica, Trea, America’s, ” Parton, “ We’re Organizations: CNN, The Recording, CMT, USA, Billboard, Florida Georgia Line, Apple, The Kentucky Gentlemen, Winery, Getty, inclusivity, ”, Rolling Stone, Chapel, Channel, Nashville Locations: Atlanta, Nashville, Georgia, Florida, Nashville , Tennessee, Kentucky, Winery Nashville, Versailles , Kentucky, America, Austin , Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana

☆ A Georgia basic income program is giving Black women $850 a month. They say it helps them pay bills and reduce debt.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An Atlanta area program is giving low-income Black women $850 a month for two years. AdvertisementA Georgia program providing low-income Black women with monthly payments hopes it will help them escape poverty. The Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund in Atlanta gives young Black women average payments of $850 a month through its In Her Hands program. AdvertisementBasic income programs for Black women face legal challengesThe In Her Hands program is not the first guaranteed income program targeting Black women. AdvertisementDespite reports of success, basic income programs across the country are often met with resistance from conservatives.

Persons: —, Martin Luther King, Harper, GPR, Hope Wollensack, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, David Chiu Organizations: Service, Georgia Resilience, Opportunity Fund, Atlanta's, Ward, GRO, Georgia Public Radio, Black, Research, San Francisco Mayor London, American Civil Rights, San, Area Locations: Atlanta, San Francisco, Georgia, Francisco

☆ Daniel A. Moore, Founder of an African American Museum, Dies at 88
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Adam Nossiter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Daniel A. Moore Sr., who created a pioneering African American history museum in Atlanta when such initiatives were rare, died on March 4 in Decatur, Ga. His death, in a hospital, was confirmed by his son Dan Moore Jr.Mr. Moore started his eclectic collection of artifacts in 1978 and in 1984 moved it to a handsome 1910 brick building on Auburn Avenue, known as “Sweet Auburn” for its centrality to African American history. The building, which had been a schoolbook depository and a tire warehouse, was “erected brick by brick by African American masons,” the museum says. Mr. Moore took a longer view, though memories of the civil rights movement were still fresh when he was getting started, with help from a handful of well-off patrons and from Fulton County, which donated the land. Unlike the King Center, his focus was on the whole African American experience, from Africa to the Middle Passage, and from enslavement to the civil rights campaign and beyond.

Persons: Daniel A, Moore, Dan Moore Jr, Martin Luther King Jr Organizations: Auburn, King Center Locations: Atlanta, Decatur , Ga, Auburn, Fulton County, American, Africa

☆ A controversial Supreme Court decision could hurt Biden in November
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —A Supreme Court decision related to the election could determine the presidential victor this November, but it has nothing to do with former President Donald Trump. The study also said the “narrow” racial-turnout disparity that the high court heavily relied upon in its Shelby decision was based in part on the 2012 presidential election. Yet the study’s conclusion bolsters critics of the Shelby decision. They ignored it although they knew their decision would hurt Black voters, who tend to vote for the Democratic Party, he says. The bloody history behind the Voting Rights ActThe law was passed in 1965 after King led an epic voting rights campaign in Selma, Alabama.

Persons: CNN —, Donald Trump, Brennan, —, Holder, John Roberts, Barack Obama, Shelby, Jim Crow, Alabama —, Lawrence Goldstone, ” Goldstone, Sonia Sotomayor, Joe Biden, Shawn Thew, Biden, Goldstone, Black, George W, Bush, preclearance, “, ”, Elijah Nouvelage, Horace Cooper, Martin Luther King Jr, Cooper, “ That’s, Martin Luther King, that’s, ” Cooper, King, Edmund Pettus, Obama, Lyndon B, Johnson, Jr, Ralph Abernathy, Clarence Mitchell, Corbis, Roberts, Reagan, Brett Kavanaugh, tortuously, it’s, John Blake Organizations: CNN, Brennan Center for Justice, Supreme Court, Southern GOP, GOP, State of, Getty, Black, Democratic Party, George Mason University in, US Justice Department, Edmund, White, Congress, Black voters, North Carolina — Locations: Shelby, Southern, America, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, State, Washington, Alabama’s Shelby County, Atlanta , Georgia, AFP, George Mason University in Virginia, Selma , Alabama, White Alabama, “ Shelby

☆ Jasmin Paris: British runner becomes first woman to finish Barkley Marathons, just 99 seconds before time limit expired
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —British runner Jasmin Paris became the first woman ever to finish the legendary Barkley Marathons on Friday. Paris was one of five finishers in the 2024 edition of the Barkley Marathons, with Ukrainian Ihor Verys finishing first, American’s John Kelly and Jared Campbell finishing second and third respectively and Greig Hamilton from New Zealand finishing fourth. Verys, who finished with a time of 58:44:59, told Dunn: “Maybe you should add a sixth loop.”Conversely, Campbell – who completed the Barkley Marathons for the fourth time with a time of 59:30:32 – said: “That new section is brutal. The Barkley Marathons has become famous for its grueling, near-impossible nature. The races’ tough nature makes it a tough finish for many, with no finishers between 2017 and 2023.

Persons: Jasmin Paris, Barkley, Keith Dunn, Twitter – Paris, Verys, American’s John Kelly, Jared Campbell, Greig Hamilton, Dunn, Campbell –, –, ” Paris, Gary Cantrell, James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King Jr, Ray, Cantrell Organizations: CNN, Twitter –, Barkley, New Zealand Locations: Paris, New, Mountain, brushy

☆ First He Came For Cancel Culture. Now He Wants to Cancel Smartphones
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Emma Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

in 2013, he sent reading recommendations to his staff, including “Letter From Birmingham Jail” by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Lean In” by Sheryl Sandberg and “The Righteous Mind” by a professor at New York University’s business school, Jonathan Haidt. Stumbling on that last book, a 2012 best seller, felt, Mr. Comey recalled, as if he were consulting a how-to guide on leading a stuck-in-its-ways Washington bureau. The book’s core lesson is simple: Humans make moral decisions based on emotional intuition, not just reason. And his work has drawn acolytes who would like to think so, too — including some of the very people in big tech whose work Mr. Haidt seems to hold responsible for the rising generation’s social ills.

Persons: James Comey, Martin Luther King Jr, “, Sheryl Sandberg, Jonathan Haidt, Comey, you’re, Haidt Locations: Birmingham, New York, Washington

Photos You Should See View All 60 Images“He apparently has said he’s out,” she told The Associated Press. “I think I’m the most famous ‘Bond’ actor that never actually played the part. “I think he’s brilliant. “By the time they cast it again, I’ll be too old,” the 44-year-old actor told The Associated Press in 2022. Richard Madden brushed off rumors about his involvement in Bond at a press conference for “Rocket Man” in Cannes back in 2019.

Persons: — Aaron Taylor, Johnson, Daniel Craig, James Bond, Craig, Bond, Taylor, Idris Elba, Barbara Broccoli, Luther, ”, Idris, he’s, ” Elba, “, Matt Damon, Tom Hardy, Luke Evans, I’ll, Richard Madden, Jean Page, Duke, Hastings, Theo James, Henry Golding, Golding Organizations: Associated Press, Dunkirk, “ Locations: —, ” Elba, Cannes, “

☆ Walter Massey, a Physicist With a Higher Calling
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Katrina Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The day before Walter Massey turned 30, in 1968, the Rev. Dr. Massey, then a physicist at Argonne National Laboratory, watched the funeral on television, in tears, from his apartment in Chicago. At the time, Dr. Massey was a rising star in the study of theoretical condensed matter, how liquids and solids behave. But Dr. Massey was also a Black man born and raised in the Jim Crow South. Dr. Massey thrust himself into supporting Black students at a time when colleges around the country were adjusting to court-ordered integration.

Persons: Walter Massey, Martin Luther King Jr, Massey, Lev Landau, Jim Crow, “, ”, “ I’d, King’s Organizations: National Laboratory, National Society of Black Physicists Locations: Memphis, Chicago, America, Argonne, I’d

☆ How Revelations of a Prosecutors’ Romance Upended the Georgia Trump Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Merchant, a lawyer for one of the defendants in the Georgia election interference case, charges in a court filing that Fani T. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, engaged in a “clandestine” relationship with Nathan J. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ms. Willis says racism is a factor in the scrutiny of her hiring of Mr. Wade. An affidavit from Mr. Wade asserts that the romantic relationship started only after he was hired. A former friend of Ms. Willis, Robin Bryant-Yeartie, says she has “no doubt” the two started a romantic relationship earlier than they have said. But Mr. Wade, testifying for several hours, firmly denies Ms. Bryant-Yeartie’s claim.

Persons: Ashleigh B, Willis, Nathan J, Wade, Martin Luther King Jr, Ms, Trump, Robin Bryant, Yeartie, Bryant Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta

☆ Idris Elba explains why he doesn’t watch ‘The Wire’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Nell Lewis | Eoin Mcsweeney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Sherbro Island is known for its pristine beaches that are a nesting ground for green sea turtles. The actor was brought up in London, but his mom is from Ghana and his dad from Sierra Leone. Elba: First of all, it’s a beautiful little island off the coast of Sierra Leone. And Sherbro Island used to historically be the point of no return in the slave trade. It was where England had their capital city of Sierra Leone [when it was a colony], in a city called Bonthe, which is still there.

Persons: Idris Elba, Stringer Bell, John Luther, Elba, CNN’s Becky Anderson, It’s, Siaka Stevens, I’ve, CNN's Becky Anderson, Alexa Fogel, they’re, –, ” It’s, Luther, “, I’m Organizations: Abu Dhabi CNN —, Sherbro Alliance Partners, CNN, Sherbro, Partners, CNN CNN Locations: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi CNN — British, Sierra Leone, Sherbro, Elba, London, Ghana, Chicago, England, Africa, New York, Baltimore, East London, United States, Hollywood, America

☆ We should make the Monday after daylight-saving time a federal holiday
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

That is why I propose a common-sense, everyone-wins idea: Let's make the Monday after daylight-saving time starts a federal holiday. Many of our 11 federal holidays were added in recent history: Memorial Day in 1968 (and observed since 1971). And yes, federal holidays come with an economic cost; government workers still get paid for that day. Everyone knows that's the worst of all the federal holidays, in the middle of dreary February. The best Presidents Day has to offer in terms of cultural impact is that it's when mattresses go on sale.

Persons: Let's, —, Juneteenth, You've, Martin Luther King Jr, That's Organizations: Service, Labor, Daylight Locations: —, Caribbean, bam, East Coast, Washington

☆ Opinion | We Need to Talk About This Republican Candidate’s Antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, has for some reason not bothered to take down his old Facebook posts about the Jews. He regularly argued on Facebook that focusing on the evils of Nazism obscured the greater danger: the one represented by the Democratic Party. He has refused to apologize for these statements, though he called them “poorly worded” and has denied that he’s antisemitic. None of this appears to have hurt Robinson with the Republican electorate in North Carolina, where on Tuesday he won nearly 65 percent of the vote in the gubernatorial primary. But Robinson is a reminder that in electoral politics, there is far more tolerance for antisemitism in the Republican Party than the Democratic one.

Persons: Mark Robinson, ’, ” Robinson, “ George Soros, Adolf Hitler, ”, “, Robinson, Josh Stein, Donald Trump, Martin Luther King Organizations: Republican, NAZI, Facebook, Democratic Party, Democratic, Republican Party Locations: North Carolina

☆ Hip-hop legend Chuck D on advocating for healthcare price transparency
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( John Lynch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

On Tuesday, he joined Fat Joe and Foo Fighters in a Washington, DC, event to advocate for healthcare price transparency. AdvertisementOn Tuesday, Chuck D of Public Enemy joined Fat Joe, Valerie June, and the Foo Fighters in a Washington, DC, event to advocate for greater price transparency in the US healthcare system. I was reached out to as they was trying to get the voice of hip hop, the voices of hip hop, to try to be that extra voice to get the importance of this across. I got projects with Def Jam, but you know, that's a fly in a big vat of buttermilk. But 40 years later, that's not gonna be the major way that you make people think, I don't think.

Persons: Chuck D, Joe, —, Valerie June, Fat Joe, Busta, Jelly Roll, Wyclef Jean, there's, I'm, who's, Martin Luther King, Taylor Hill, he's, Paul Morigi, David Grohl, Dave Grohl, I've, There's, Kurtis Blow, MC Lyte, that's Organizations: Power, Foo Fighters, Service, Public, Capitol, Rights, Price, Hip Hop Alliance, SAG, Swift, Foo, Def Locations: Washington, DC, American, United States of America, everybody's

☆ Opinion: A Black man’s view on what Biden should do for the White working class
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Opinion Keith Magee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Could President Biden, who claims to have labor-friendly policies, be the one to turn the tide by appealing to the White working class and giving his party a much-needed electoral boost in the process? After all, issues affecting poor White voters, such as health care, higher education and increased access to childcare have long been traditional Democratic priorities. That gaffe echoed Obama’s off-the-cuff remark in 2008 that “bitter” low-income voters “cling to guns or religion” — comments that didn’t endear him to the White working class, either. Some White voters of modest means perceive Democrats as being determined to secure equality for minority groups at their expense. And working-class White Americans tended for some reason not to perceive Obamacare — the president’s signature social policy achievement — as immediately benefiting them.

Persons: Keith Magee, I’m, Donald Trump, Keith Magee Arron Dunworth, pollsters, Biden, White, ”, Du Bois, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton —, They’ve, —, MAGA, Hillary Clinton’s horrendously, Caroline Graham of, Barack Obama’s, Obama, Obamacare, Trump, –, you’ll, ” —, Martin Luther King, Jr, Will Biden Organizations: University College London Institute for Innovation, Newcastle University, CNN, Republicans, White, Democratic, Trump, Brookings Institution, Infrastructure Investment, Jobs, United Auto Workers, Poor Locations: American, America, Trump, Michigan, Thursday’s

North Carolina voters Tuesday set up a historic – and likely combative and extremely expensive – race for governor, nominating Democrat Josh Stein and Republican Mark Robinson for what is shaping up as the most closely watched gubernatorial race of the year. With 8% of ballots counted, Stein had won 72% of the Democratic primary vote, while Robinson captured 63% of the Republican primary vote. North Carolina is a nominally red state that is nonetheless politically competitive. Robinson has called public school teachers "wicked people" and has referred to survivors of school shootings as "prosti-tots." Robinson, Cooper says, is very much like Trump, who recently called Robinson "Martin Luther King on steroids."

Persons: Josh Stein, Republican Mark Robinson, General Stein, Robinson, Stein, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Ashley Judd, Judd, Oscar, It's, Christopher Cooper, Cooper, Martin Luther King Organizations: North, North Carolina voters, Republican, Associated Press, Democratic, GOP, Trump, CIA, Facebook, Haire Institute for Public, Institute, Western Carolina University Locations: North Carolina, Carolina, Georgia, China

☆ Trump-Ally With History of Antisemitic Remarks Could Be North Carolina's Next Governor
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But Robinson's history of antisemitic and other derogatory remarks would loom over his gubernatorial campaign. But his history of antisemitic comments and other derogatory remarks would loom over the race. AdvertisementAs The Washington Post stated, Robinson's history of offensive comments "stand out even in Trump's party." At the time of his election, the Republican Jewish Coalition called Robinson's history of remarks "clearly antisemitic." While many of his remarks were made before he was elected, Robinson made that statement while in office.

Persons: Mark Robinson, Donald Trump, Robinson, —, Martin Luther King, Roy Cooper, Josh Stein, Hitler, Marvel's, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, We've, Rothschild, It's, He's, Michelle Obama, HuffPost, Taylor Swift, Bill Cosby, Nixon, Trump, Stein, Pat McCrory's, Republicans hadn't, outraised Robinson Organizations: Gov, GOP, Service, Greensboro City, Democrats, Democratic, Washington Post, Facebook, Israel, Raleigh News, Observer, Republican Jewish Coalition, CNN, Kent State, Politico, Republicans Locations: Carolina, North Carolina, Greensboro, Nazi, Solidarity

Go beyond financial literacy"Gone are the days that we can hide behind the illusion that more financial literacy is enough," says Rahkim Sabree, AFC, financial therapist and counselor. Currently, 25 states require financial literacy education for students; however, rarely, if ever, does financial literacy address larger systemic issues that exist. Black students owe an average of 188% more than what white students borrowed by the fourth year after graduation. One 2016 study found that if current trends continue, closing the wealth gap would take more than 200 years. AdvertisementYounger Black Americans have now become the fastest-growing demographic of new investors in the stock market.

Persons: —, Martin Luther King, Jr, Moritz Kuhn, Moritz Schularick, Ulrike I, Rahkim Sabree, We've, Kristin Afelumo, Lazetta Rainey Braxton, Braxton Organizations: Service, Business, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Black, National Bureau of Economic Research, Economic Policy Institute, AFC, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Netflix, Lazetta, Associates Locations: America, Evanston , Illinois, Black

☆ Madonna removes Luther Vandross from AIDS tribute on her tour
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Madonna has honored a request from the estate of the late R&B singer Luther Vandross. After Vandross was included in the montage during a performance in California this month, the estate reportedly reached out to Madonna’s tour team to ask for a correction. “Luther Vandross passed away in 2005 due to complications from a stroke suffered two years earlier,” a representative for his estate said in a statement to Page Six. “While we appreciate Madonna’s recognition of those lives lost to AIDS, Luther was NEVER diagnosed with AIDS or the HIV Virus.”CNN has reached out to representatives for Madonna and the Vandross estate for additional comment. A documentary titled “Luther: Never Too Much” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

Persons: Madonna, Luther Vandross, Vandross, ”, Freddy Mercury, Keith Haring, “ Luther Vandross, Luther Organizations: CNN, Madonna, Entertainment, Sundance Film Locations: California

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