From Washington, DC, it’s DECISION 2088: Your vote, your voice! CRINKLE: Hello and welcome to APN’s coverage of DECISION 2088, where your voice matters. I’m Holly Crinkle… FORRESTER: …and I’m Dax Forrester. Big news on the campaign trail today as the I Don’t Care Party nominee for president, House Representative Juniper the Pomeranian of Iowa, …
January 23, 2016 (Day #1) My hypothesis is simple: If a cultural creation by the African American ethnic group can be appropriated, it will be. How might I justify and then prove this claim? The presence, prominence and dominance of African American traditions and innovations in international popular culture has been widely documented. The specificity …
An unassuming Georgia business owner, who doesn’t have so much as a Facebook page, has made national news after bringing a case to a local appellate court. David Birch, founder and CEO of Birch Architecture & Design in Macon, first made headlines when he was sued by an African American client for “boldfaced racial prejudice …
After a recent spate of public faux pas, the loyal voter base of Delaware Governor Jackson Flack has begun to question his leadership. Flack, a Democrat now in his seventh of a maximum eight years in office, has been harshly criticized for a series of comments journalists and activists have called “jarring,” “out of character” …
BOURNE: Welcome to Beltway Insider. I’m Les Bourne. At the top of the order tonight is a story that, like so many in this day and age, has many Americans ready to rejoice and many ready to revolt. Just yesterday, President Sheppard signed Executive Order 16461, titled “Protecting Our Petrol Prices from Yielding to Crude …
United States Senate candidate Jacob Russo’s polling in the Oregon Democratic primary hasfallen precipitously after a gaffe Sunday that journalists have called “electoral suicide.” Russo,who last week led second-place opponent Maribel Bonilla-Fuentes by a whopping 56 points,now trails her 7 to 93.Trade unionist Russo’s blunder took place when he was asked at a Portland campaign …
Gentrification is defined as the process by which neglected, low-income, underdeveloped urban communities start to see a rapid influx in their communities’ development, resulting in a new community. This community becomes unaffordable to its current residents, further resulting in the displacement of its community members who are replaced by wealthy newcomers who can afford such …
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August 26, 2023 If this was the continuation of the dream, wake me up now! After five hours of bloviated speeches and 90-degree heat, I tapped out and told an equally frustrated observer, “I don’t care what they have to say at this point.” Hearing speaker after speaker telling us how the arc of the …
Six months ago, I assumed that by now I’d be a few months into my first “big girl” position – accustomed to learning the ropes within the entertainment media industry. Instead, I often contemplate whether my true calling is elsewhere and if I’ll even end up utilizing the knowledge I’ve obtained from the writing courses …
Grammy nominated rapper Cash Codie, whose real name is Cody Mason, will no longer be hosting the American Music Awards next month after being accused of significantly ramping up his “blaccent,” a portmanteau of the words “black” and “accent,” in recent weeks. Mason, the white 26-year-old artist behind the Billboard smash hit “Different Kinds,” is …
