Democrats are seizing on Republican Sen. David Perdue’s comments at a recent rally in which he made a spectacle of struggling to pronounce the name of Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, with critics accusing Georgia’s senior senator of mocking her and being out of touch with the rapidly diversifying state. Blowback to […]
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American Airlines and Southwest trim losses but still lose billions of dollars
American Airlines and Southwest Airlines both reported billions of dollars in losses Thursday, but that’s what passes for an improvement in the battered industry these days. American, the world’s largest airline, reported it lost $2.8 billion in the third quarter excluding special items. That’s down from the $3.4 billion it lost in the second quarter […]
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#Election2020: Obama delivers a blistering rebuke of Trump in his return to the campaign trail
Former President Barack Obama delivered an often-incredulous and blistering account of his successor’s first four years in office on Wednesday in Philadelphia, making his most direct attacks on President Donald Trump to date both on substance and on a personal level. The event is Obama’s first stump speech for his former vice president, a welcome […]
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The most important line in Barack Obama’s takedown of Donald Trump
Former President Barack Obama reemerged on the campaign trail Wednesday in Philadelphia, delivering an across-the-board indictment of his successor’s first four years in office. Amid the rhetoric, one specific set of lines jumped out at me as channeling what so many people — including Republicans who voted for Trump in 2016 — feel right now. […]
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#Election2020: Barack Obama releases an ad endorsing Jon Ossoff
Thursday, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Jon Ossoff’s campaign released a new radio ad featuring former President Barack Obama urging Georgians to vote for Ossoff instead of David Perdue. The ad will run as part of Ossoff’s statewide radio campaign over the final two weeks of the election. “Jon has dedicated his career to fighting injustice,” […]
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[VIDEO] #Election2020 | Ware: ‘Vote because our lives depend on it’
At 64 years old, I have never felt more threatened about the security and the safety of my life and the lives of our children to come as I do today. So it was important for The Atlanta Voice to put together an election guide to let people know what positions were out there and […]
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#Election2020: Trump in need of a game-changing moment as he meets Joe Biden for final debate
President Donald Trump enters the final presidential debate on Thursday in need of a major shakeup that will change the trajectory of the race as he trails Joe Biden in both national polls and key swing states that will determine whether he has a path to victory in the Electoral College. With 12 days to […]
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#Election2020: Trump, Biden fight over the raging virus, climate and race
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden fought over how to tame the raging coronavirus in Thursday’s final 2020 debate, largely shelving the rancor that overshadowed their previous face-off in favor of a more substantive exchange that highlighted their vastly different approaches to the major domestic and foreign challenges facing […]
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Breonna Taylor grand juror says panel wasn’t given a chance to consider homicide charges
The Breonna Taylor grand jury was not given an opportunity to consider homicide charges in the case against police officers who served a no-knock warrant at her home the night she was killed, an anonymous member of the panel said Tuesday. The statement came shortly after a Kentucky judge ruled the grand juror may speak […]
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#Election2020: Kamala Harris will campaign in Atlanta Friday
Vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris will make a campaign stop in Atlanta Friday, according to a Wednesday morning announcement from the Democratic Party of Georgia. Biden for President Georgia, in conjunction with the Democratic Party of Georgia, are holding press conferences throughout the City of Atlanta with the hope voters to use absentee drop boxes […]
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#Election2020: Black publishers, leaders stress importance of voting with purpose at first ‘Word in Black’ event
As early voting continues to shatter records, amid a surge in domestic pandemic infections, the Black press as well as African American political experts and leaders are warning the electorate to remain vigilant because voter suppression is alive, well, and in plain view. “We can’t take anything for granted,” said Elinor Tatum, publisher of the New […]
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#Election2020 | Barber, Theoharis: ‘This pressing issue must come up at the last presidential debate’
On Thursday evening, Americans have one last chance to hear President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on the same stage for 90 minutes. While neither candidate is likely to change course or depart from their stump speech, Americans deserve to hear both candidates address the pressing issue of poverty. Since the start […]
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Maryland man facing federal charge for allegedly threatening Biden and Harris
A Maryland man is facing a federal charge for allegedly threatening Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, authorities announced Wednesday. James Dale Reed, 42, of Frederick, Maryland, admitted to authorities that he made the threats in a handwritten letter he left at the doorstep of a home in the […]
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1 in 4 American workers has thought about quitting over Covid-19 stress, poll says
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused the world unfathomable stress, but a recent survey of workers points to where the virus has really applied pressure. The survey, conducted by AP-NORC and SAP, asked 1,015 full-time and part-time employees what their views were on the impact of the virus on the workplace. The results are mostly what […]
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#Election2020 | Washington: ‘I voted early and it was absolutely worth it’
In Chicago, where I was born and raised, the word was, “vote early and vote often.” It was a mantra espoused by the then-Mayor Richard Daly’s notorious GOTV machine, known far and wide as the way to win elections. I say this somewhat tongue-in-cheek because without knowing it, I was exposed to the block by […]