Georgia Bulldogs head football coach Kirby Smart speaks to the media after a 19-13 victory over the Texas A&M Aggies at Sanford Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. Video filmed by Itoro Umontuen of The Atlanta Voice.
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Buccaneers stop Falcons two game winning streak, win 35-22
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Atlanta Falcons 35-22 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston completed 18/28 passes for 313 yards and three touchdowns and two interceptions. Meanwhile, Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan was sacked six times on the afternoon. With the loss, the Falcons were eliminated from NFC South […]
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[VIDEO] Kamala Harris campaign speaks at Black Women’s Power Breakfast
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. was joined by U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, Tiffany Cross of TheBeatDC and Kimberly Blackwell for the Black Women Power Breakfast in Atlanta on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. Harris opens up on her background, running in the 2020 Presidential Election and answers questions from the audience. Filmed and produced by Trarell […]
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Coalition of black women form ‘sister circle’ around Kamala Harris
The morning after the Democratic debate at Tyler Perry’s glittering new film studio, Kamala Harris stepped onto a different stage elsewhere in Atlanta, took off the gloves and took on “the donkey in the room.” Seated against a backdrop of colorful “Black Women for Kamala” posters, Harris gazed out at dozens of black women, some […]
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Cox: Banks, mortgage companies scrambled to cope with fallout from partial government shutdown
Virtually every business institution in the country, financial and otherwise, sought ways to deal with problems caused by the partial shutdown of the federal government. Asked how his company handled the shutdown, Charlie Daniels, district manager for Residential Mortgage Services (RMS) in Pennsylvania, said, “You can’t be in the mortgage business any longer without being […]
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Michael Bloomberg launches Democratic presidential bid
Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world’s richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for president. Ending weeks of speculation, the 77-year-old former Republican announced his candidacy Sunday in a written statement posted on a campaign website describing himself as uniquely positioned to defeat President Donald Trump. He […]
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Impeachment inquiry: Schiff says more hearings, witnesses possible
Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Sunday he won’t foreclose the possibility of his committee undertaking more depositions and hearings in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Schiff said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that his committee continues to conduct investigative work, but he won’t let the Trump administration stall the […]
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NFL and Kaepernick still at odds on failed workout
A week after Colin Kaepernick’s NFL workout fell apart, disagreements and distrust about it remain on issues such as its timing, who was invited and who could film the quarterback. In conversations with The Associated Press, representatives from both sides blamed each other for what went wrong on Nov. 16. Kaepernick’s side said the NFL orchestrated […]
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Jermaine Dupri, celebrity friends give vegan Thanksgiving meals to Atlanta families in need
Hip-hop legend Jermaine Dupri joined PETA, the Southwest Ecumenical Emergency Assistance Center (SWEEAC), and celebrity friends like Dynasty star Elaine Hendrix at the West Hunter Street Baptist Church on Saturday as they served delicious vegan meals—including roasted vegan turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, and pumpkin pie—to families and folks in need in honor of Thanksgiving in his native Atlanta. […]
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Fletcher: ‘America is becoming numb to mass shootings’
Each time we experience a mass shooting, we repeat the pattern—a point I have made in previous columns. Shock, grief, prayer, throwing up our hands, and proponents of unlimited gun ownership arguing that this is not the time to discuss sensible gun control; instead, we should restrict ourselves to prayer. And then nothing ever happens. […]
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Cromwell: ‘Housing discrimination complaints reach 24-year high’
As a candidate, President Donald Trump promised that if elected, the deregulation of the federal government would be an administration priority. Soon after taking the oath of office, he issued an executive order requiring all departments and agencies to eliminate two existing regulations for every one new regulation proposed. In some cases, rules that were […]
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Blacks in metro areas across the country are dying of opioid addiction at alarming rates
Middle-aged Blacks are experiencing a concerning rise in opioid deaths from manufactured fentanyl mixed with other drugs. Although all racial, ethnic and age groups saw significant increases in opioid-and synthetic opioid-involved overdose deaths between 2015 and 2017, death rates among Blacks in large metropolitan areas are cause for growing alarm in these communities. In 2017—the latest year for […]
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Bloomberg entry into presidential race raises ethics issues
With Michael Bloomberg now running for president, the news service that bears his name said Sunday it will not “investigate” him or any of his Democratic rivals, and Bloomberg Opinion will no longer run unsigned editorials. Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait announced the new rules in a note to his news organization’s 2,700 journalists and analysts […]
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Diahann Carroll’s legacy as a trailblazer remembered
At the poignant memorial service for Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress was remembered for all the things that made her famous — her glamour, her sublime talent, her beauty and her elegance. But with each luminary and loved one who remembered her, what was also underscored was her role as a trailblazer — the barriers […]
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U.S. schools seek to diversify mainly white teaching ranks
It wasn’t until she became a high school senior that Kayla Ireland had another Black person as a teacher in Waterbury, a former manufacturing hub where the students are mostly minorities and the educators are generally white. The imbalance never troubled her much, except for some moments, like when a white teacher led a discussion […]