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House Democrats Boo Bernie Sanders in Contentious Meeting

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By Deirdre Walsh, CNN Washington, DC -House Democrats roughed up Sen. Bernie Sanders in a closed-door session Wednesday after he deflected questions about when he would formally back Hillary Clinton for president, with a group of members booing him at one point, according to three Democrats who attended the meeting. The vast majority of House […]
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Actress Kellita Smith Joins the Cast of Hit Bounce TV Comedy Series In The Cut With Guest Appearances by Angie Stone, Claudia Jordan, Kenny Lattimore, & Rolonda Watts

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Atlanta, GA – Bounce TV, the nation’s fastest-growing broadcast television network designed for African-American audiences and the only emerging network producing original scripted series, will premiere an all-new second season of its popular situation comedy In The Cut on Tuesday, July 5th at 9:00 pm/ET, 8:00 pm/CT. Coming off of its highly-rated inaugural season, this […]
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Join Stephanie Mills And MC Lyte At The BLACK ENTERPRISE Annual Golf And Tennis Challenge

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New York, NY – FedEx Express will join BLACK ENTERPRISE as host sponsor of the 23rd annual Black Enterprise Golf & Tennis Challenge in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The Ultimate Getaway Challenge will take place Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1–4, at PGA National Resort & Spa. The yearly conclave draws hundreds of attendees, including some of […]
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Ed Gordon Begins Production, Bounce TV’s First-Ever Primetime News Magazine Show to Debut Sept. 13

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Atlanta, GA – Bounce TV announced today that production has commenced on Ed Gordon, the network’s first entry into the primetime news magazine format, and the show’s premiere date has been scheduled for Tues. Sept. 13 at 10:00 p.m. (ET). Multiple award-winning and well-respected television journalist Ed Gordon will produce and host the series of […]
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Civil Rights Icon, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, Will Be Honored During DNC Watch Party Celebrating the Black Vote

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Actress, Vivica A Fox, singer, Howard Hewett and several members of Congress to attend Philadelphia, PA – Organized labor, elected officials and Black leaders from across the country will come together to lift up champions of the Black vote and pay homage to a true icon in the civil rights movement, Rev. Dr. Joseph E […]
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Commentary

New Momentum on Common Sense Gun Reform

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By Marc H. Morial, National Urban League – It has been more than three years since a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 first-graders and six adults. Since that time, according to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been over 900 mass shootings in our country, killing over 1,000 people and […]
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How Jesse Williams Stole BET Awards With Speech on Racism

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By Katie Rogers, NYTimes.com – The BET Awards Sunday featured tributes to Prince and Muhammad Ali, and a performance by Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar. But this year, the actor Jesse Williams commanded the spotlight with an impassioned speech calling for an end to police killings, racial inequality and cultural appropriation. His was far from the […]
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Vivica A. Fox to Host 2016 DNC Watch Party Celebrating the Black Vote

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Philadelphia, PA – Actress, producer and businesswoman, Vivica A. Fox, will join chair of the Darby County PA Democratic Party, Richard Womack Jr, to host the DogonVillage.com’s 2016 Democratic National Convention (DNC) Watch Party complete with dinner, dancing, DJ, and live performance by Grammy winner, Howard Hewett, and soulful jazz vocalist, LaTosha Brown. Themed, Celebrating […]
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Saving Community Newspapers in the Age of Facebook

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By Denise Rolark-Barnes, Chairperson, NNPA and Benjamin F. Chavis President/CEO, NNPA – Hundreds of newspapers have disappeared in the last 15 years and readership is on the decline. No newspaper is immune from the migration of readership to online platforms, dwindling ad revenues, fragmented audiences and even reduced attention spans. Even national-recognized newspapers with celebrated […]
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