Vice President Kamala Harris reaches out to embrace President Joe Biden after being sworn in as vice president in January 2021. Columnist Earl Ofari Hutchinson writes that Harris has to overcome the barrier of being a woman if she is to be elected the first woman president.
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ANALYSIS: Near-assassination of Trump prompts sudden awareness of violence in U.S.
In the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters says law enforcement doesn’t do enough to ‘serve and protect’ minority communities. Black community leaders have long for increased resources for law enforcement to battle criminal activity.
Local official petitions Biden to give Lawson freedom medal
The Rev. James Lawson, who died last month at the age of 95, is being promoted by members of Congress to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Lawson was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s.
STREET BEAT: ‘What should be a U.S. president’s top priority?’
Ben Caldwell Leimert Park “Make it where we have one person, one vote. … Some of the candidates with the [most] popular vote have not […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Black Lives Matter is Trump’s fall guy
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist President Donald Trump constantly refers to members of Black Lives Matter as “violent” and even bad for Black people. […]