Murders, The Capitol Attack And An Acquittal: How Far Have We Really Come?
100 years later, we re still fighting.
February 18, 2021 at 6:25 pm
Demonstrators protest against police brutality for a second day following a night of confrontations between protesters and riot police on May 30, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. / Photo Credit: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images
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Recently, I was considering how far we have come as Black women in these United States in 2021. I realize that we’ve come this far by faith that was one of my grandmother s, Ruth Westcott James (1913-1998), favorite songs. She never forgot that she was the granddaughter of former slaves.
Hope rising: Americaâs first female vice-president
She is seen by some as an Obama-like figure who can help restore faith in America. Can Kamala Harris live up to the hype?
By Nick Bryant
February 13, 2021
Kamala Harris takes the oath of office on January 20 with her husband, Doug Emhoff, by her side.
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Out she steps in suffragette white, the radiance of her pantsuit giving her an almost celestial air â as if she is the gatekeeper to some other world. COVID-19 has turned this into a drive-in victory party, so supporters are honking their horns, cheering muffled cheers out of the half-open windows of their SUVs, and waving American flags from the cargo beds of their pick-up trucks.
I love Black history but I can understand how people find the subject of history itself to be a bit dry. However, now is a fantastic time for Black history because so many African Americans are making history right now.
America just swore in the first African American, Southeast Asian and female vic
US envoy says Nepal s House dissolution issue is for Supreme Court to sort out Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, Feb. 2 International community has remained largely silent over Nepal s political crisis precipitated by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli s move of dissolving the House of Representatives on December 20 last year.
While India, Nepal s closest neighbour, has noted the incident calling it as an internal affair of Nepal, the United States of America, the European Union and other democratic countries have maintained silence over Oli s move that has been condemned by the political parties and civil society of his own country as undemocratic and unconstitutional .