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Black conservatives back party but demand more GOP outreach
With midterms hours away, Black Republicans said they want more GOP outreach in Black communities. Conservative voters recently gathered in Houston to support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate campaign. For the few Black attendees at the event, including longtime Re...
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1651: Specificity and September 11th
Episode: 1651 Specificity and understanding: Coming to grips with September 11th. Today, six weeks later, we think about specificity.
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New NAACP voter tool puts data centers on the ballot
This article was originally written by Willy Blackmore for Word In Black. With Election Day [tomorrow], the NAACP launched a new electoral tracker dashboard focused on what could be a defining local issue for Black voters in the midterm elections: data centers. LEARN MORE: A Bill...
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Are Black people missing the plot?
Recently, I attended a couple of community events and spoke with local Black Houston residents about voting and whether they’ve registered. Both of them said “No.” One of them said, “I don’t do politics,” while the other said, “I don’t really watch the news because I’m not that k...