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— Latest 2024 Election News —

July 19th, 2024

Black voters continue to back President Joe Biden despite calls to leave race

Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Sharif Street told The Tribune he has not been party to “any formal discussions” about whether the president should step aside. He tries to focus his conversations around the work done by the Biden-Harris administration, and comparing it to the four years of Trump. — TRIBUNE PHOTO / ABDUL SULAYMAN by … Continued

July 19th, 2024

Pennsylvania continues tradition as ‘keystone state’ in presidential elections

Joe Biden, here speaking with Pennsylvania voters, won the state in 2020 – but Donald Trump won it in 2016. Who will win it in 2024? AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta by Robert Speel, Penn State Pennsylvania’s role as a swing state in presidential elections is a modern continuation of a characteristic noted as early as … Continued

July 19th, 2024

Heritage Foundation’s ‘Project 2025’ is just the latest action plan from a group with an over 50-year history of steering GOP lawmaking

People walk past a Heritage Foundation advertisement at the Milwaukee International Airport on July 12, 2024. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images by Zachary Albert, Brandeis University As the 2024 presidential election heats up, some people are hearing about the Heritage Foundation for the first time. The conservative think tank has a new, ambitious and controversial policy … Continued

July 18th, 2024

E. Faye Williams: Joe Biden is back!

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—It’s been painful listening to people I’ve often applauded drop their support for a President who has served our world and our country well. They are risking our democracy. I don’t understand how intelligent people can dump a person who is still doing great things for America. Doesn’t everybody make mistakes—and Biden has made few. … Continued

July 15th, 2024

Dr. John Warren: The tragedy of mainstream media coverage of the Presidential Debate

Adobe Stock Photo by Dr. John E. Warren First, let it be said that the Black Press of America believes in our democratic process, and believes that the record of President Joe Biden is greater than a bad debate night with Donald Trump. Second, the bigger tragedy was the mainstream media’s effort to make their … Continued


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Bishop William J. Barber II Shares His Thoughts About What He'd Like to See at The 2024 DNC

Chicago Defender Managing Editor Tacuma Roeback caught up with the influential Bishop William J. Barber II while the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In this insightful interview, Bishop Barber, ...a renowned minister, social activist, and professor at Yale Divinity School, shares why he's in Chicago and discusses his ongoing fight for social justice through the Poor People's Campaign and Repairers of the Breach.[+] Show More
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