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From the Atlanta Daily World:
Photo: Getty Images Longtime Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden was abruptly fired by President Donald Trump amid the administration’s efforts to purge federal employees whom they believe oppose their agenda. On Thursday (May 8), Hayden was informed via an email from the White House’s Presidential Personnel Office that she had been terminated from her position, … Continued
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Former president and current presidential candidate who attempted to disrupt the election process in Georgia following his 2020 loss in the state has already filed a lawsuit contesting the state’s early voting process. Campaign organizers and Republican supporters filed a 21-page lawsuit in Savannah, arguing that county offices illegally collected early voting ballots over the … 
An Alabama-based man who threatened Fani Willis over her indictment of President Donald Trump has been sentenced to two years in prison. Arthur Ray Hanson II, of Huntsville, Alabama, sent threats to Willis via voicemail a week before Willis indicted Trump in August of 2023. “If you think you gonna take a mugshot of my … 
One year after organizers delivered 116,000 signatures to city hall in an effort to get the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, widely known as “Cop City,” onto a ballot referendum for voters to make their voices heard, the community dissent over the project took center stage at a city council meeting on Monday. “Stop Cop […]
Photo: Getty Images The NAACP is calling on the University of South Carolina to cancel a scheduled event where right-wing figures will “roast” Vice President Kamala Harris. According to The Hill, the NAACP sent a letter to University of South Carolina President Michael Amiridis, urging him to cancel the event because of its “blatant sexist … 
Photo: Republican Club of North & East Fort Myers A Black Trump supporter in Florida is suing a Republican group, claiming he was called a “slave.” According to NBC 2, Carl Baxter, a well-known Trumper from Lee County and president of the Republican Club of North and East Fort Myers, filed a lawsuit against Americans … 
Some Republicans in Georgia continue to contest the 2020 election. This week, the Republican-led Georgia Election Board called for a reinvestigation into the 2020 Presidential Election. Multiple investigations have already proven that President Joe Biden earned more votes in Georgia than Donald Trump in 2020. However, Trump and his defenders have continued to deny the … 
It can be hard to sort out what’s news in the middle of a dumpster fire.
“White Dudes For Harris” became the latest group to hold a fund raiser for Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris. During the Zoom call aimed at white men who support Harris, raised over $4 million. 
In a surprising yet increasingly common move, Microsoft has quietly dismantled its team dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The decision, communicated via email to the affected employees on July 1, cited “changing business needs” as the reason for the layoffs. While the exact number of employees impacted remains unclear, the team’s lead didn’t … 
Photo: Getty Images A GOP lawmaker is facing backlash after referring to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as a “DEI hire.” On Tuesday (July 2), Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) suggested that Jean-Pierre was only hired to fill a diversity quota. “I couldn’t care less about what @PressSec has to say today,” Boebert tweeted. … 
Atlanta Public Schools (APS) is being held to the fire after an incident involving a teacher allegedly strangling a child occurred back in May. Chennault Legal & Consulting Group has taken up the case for the family of 13-year-old Tavoris Johnson, a former student at Crawford Long Middle School, following the traumatic incident which took … 
Ayana Parson has stepped down as the COO of Fearless Fund. Parsons, who announced she stepped down in April, helped to start the Fearless Fund in 2012 along with Arian Simone and Kiesha Knight-Pulliam. The fund was created to assist Black women-owned businesses which receive less than 1 percent of overall funding annually. Parsons did … 
A number of Black employees have come together to file a lawsuit against General Mills, alleging that the company permitted “a racially hostile work environment” at its Covington, Georgia plant. According to the lawsuit, a group of white managers and HR administrators, dubbed the “Good Ole Boys,” systematically enforced discriminatory policies against Black workers, harassed … 
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has filed an appeal after six counts were dismissed in the election interference case involving Donald Trump and his co-defendants. In March, Judge Scott McAfee dismissed the six counts stating that they lacked details to move forward. “They do not give the defendants enough information to prepare their defenses … 
President Joe Biden is making his rounds with Black voters across the country. Today, President Biden is in Detroit to deliver the keynote address for the Detroit NAACP’s 69th Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner. After landing in Detroit shortly after 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, Biden made his way straight to Detroit’s CRED …