NNPA NEWSWIRE — The nation’s 46th president spoke of his granddaughter sending him a photo of armed security guards and law enforcement standing at the Lincoln Memorial during a Black Lives Matter protest last year. "She said, 'Pop, this isn't fair. No one can tell me if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday, they would not have been treated very, very different than the mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol,'" Biden relayed. "We all know that it is true. And it is unacceptable. Totally unacceptable," Biden remarked.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is demanding unprecedented protection for the event. Meanwhile, multiple reports indicate that the FBI is aware of chatter about plots by right-wing extremists who plan to continue their protests of the 2020 Presidential election and possibly inflict further acts of domestic terrorism like that carried out on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — First came the testimony and closing arguments – Congress members laid out a four-year reign of terror that was Donald Trump’s presidency.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a live interview with the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s “Let It Be Known” breaking news morning show, and fresh off the historic second impeachment of President Donald Trump, the veteran representative cautioned the audience about settling only for an administration change
NNPA Newswire -- With the election of Democratic Georgia Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, there are a total of 210 top positions (chiefs of staff, legislative directors, and communications directors) in the personal offices of new Members of the 117th Congress.
ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — Today Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) was a guest on SiriusXM’s The Joe Madison Show, and went into detail about her conversation with the Chief of Capitol Police before the violent insurrection on Capitol Hill, and how the massive security failure could have been prevented and invoked the assassinations of JFK and MLK when describing her experience inside the Capitol building.
NNPA Newswire -- "I do believe that charges against the president should be pursued," stated Congresswoman Waters during the live Jan. 12 interview, broadcast over the social media platforms of the Black Press of America.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is exacerbating a perennial problem of misinformation about immunization. To support additional debunking efforts, the Google News Initiative is launching a COVID-19 Vaccine Counter-Misinformation Open Fund worth up to $3 million. While the COVID-19 infodemic has been global in nature, misinformation has also been weaponized to target specific populations. Some of the available research also suggests that the audiences coming across misinformation and those seeking fact checks don’t necessarily overlap.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Congresswoman Maxine Waters is looking for answers to exactly how the U.S. Capitol’s security was breached by an angry violent mob of Donald Trump’s supporters on January 6.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Congress introduced an impeachment article against Trump on Monday for "incitement of insurrection" when his supporters violently breached the Capitol last Wednesday. The measure, which has more than 200 co-sponsors, says Trump "gravely endangered the United States' security and its institutions of government."
Hulu's documentary "Black Twitter: A People's History" explores the cultural impact of Black Twitter, a vibrant subculture that has transformed the social media landscape and shaped discourse and challenged norms on the platform.
