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Ralph Lauren Collaborates with SpelHouse for a Historic Collection - Ralph Lauren has unveiled a first-of-its-kind limited-edition Spelman College and Morehouse College collections. This is the first time Ralph Lauren has partnered with an institution of higher education and the first time they have produced a campaign with an entirely-black cast and team. The concept and design was created by Ralph Lauren’s Director of Concept […]
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Ralph Lauren has unveiled a first-of-its-kind limited-edition Spelman College and Morehouse College collections. This is the first time Ralph Lauren has partnered with an institution of higher education and the first time they have produced a campaign with an entirely-black cast and team. The concep...
03/16/2022
Robert Peterson misses spending Sundays with his mother, cooking and running errands. Dana Toole plays a video of her sister over and over just to hear her voice. Michael Webb has started speaking out about gun control since his ex-wife’s fatal shooting.
A year after a gunman killed eight people at three Georgia massage businesses, their family members and friends are struggling with grief and trying to heal while dealing with the intense public attention focused on the horrific slayings.
“Our whole world just changed. It blew up in that moment,” said Peterson, whose mother, Yong Ae Yue, was among the dead. “It was a bit overwhelming. We didn’t ask to be here. It was weird to have people so interested.”
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Texas Southern outlasts Texas A&M-CC 76-67 in First Four - DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Bryson Etienne scored 21 points and Texas Southern beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 76-67 on Tuesday night in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers earned their third NCAA Tournament win in five seasons and will play top-seeded Kansas in the Midwest first round. “I feel like anybody can go to […]
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Bryson Etienne scored 21 points and Texas Southern beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 76-67 on Tuesday night in the First Four of the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers earned their third NCAA Tournament win in five seasons and will play top-seeded Kansas in the Midwest first round. “I f...
A year later, spa shooting victims’ families grieve and heal - Robert Peterson misses spending Sundays with his mother, cooking and running errands. Dana Toole plays a video of her sister over and over just to hear her voice. Michael Webb has started speaking out about gun control since his ex-wife’s fatal shooting. A year after a gunman killed eight people at three Georgia massage businesses, their family members […]
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Robert Peterson misses spending Sundays with his mother, cooking and running errands. Dana Toole plays a video of her sister over and over just to hear her voice. Michael Webb has started speaking out about gun control since his ex-wife’s fatal shooting. A year after a gunman killed eight people a...
Trump pick in Georgia governor race not drawing donor flock - During his two Senate campaigns, Republican David Perdue had little trouble raking in millions in campaign cash. But as he tries to unseat Georgia’s incumbent governor, fellow Republican Brian Kemp, Perdue is struggling to attract donors. Perdue’s top 30 individual contributors pumped in nearly $450,000 to his Senate campaigns in 2014 and 2020, according to campaign finance disclosures. […]
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During his two Senate campaigns, Republican David Perdue had little trouble raking in millions in campaign cash. But as he tries to unseat Georgia’s incumbent governor, fellow Republican Brian Kemp, Perdue is struggling to attract donors. Perdue’s top 30 individual contributors pumped in nearly ...
03/16/2022
Pull up to Quavo Night and celebrate Huncho's birthday at the Hawks vs. Nets game on Saturday, April 2nd 😎. Buy your tickets at Hawks.com/Tickets!
Cleveland Browns QB Baker Mayfield published a letter, reading the room, knowing he’ll be traded. Cleveland, Atlanta, Carolina and the New Orleans Saints are in for #Texans QB Deshaun Watson.
03/15/2022
As we just said, no vaccine is 100% effective, which means that some people who are fully vaccinated can be infected with the pathogen they’ve been vaccinated against and spread it to others. It’s called a breakthrough infection.
“While the term might be unfamiliar to most people, breakthrough infections have been seen many times before with other vaccines that protect against other diseases,” Dr. Devang Sanghavi, a critical care specialist at the Mayo Clinic, explained in a piece for the American Medical Association.
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03/15/2022
On March 4, the Georgia State House voted in favor of HB 1084 and HB 1178. Bill 1084 is aimed at preventing schools from teaching ‘certain concepts’ while HB 1178 gives parents the right to ‘direct the upbringing and education of their minor children.’
A motion to reconsider HB 1084 was made March 4 and on March 8 the bill was voted down 71-92. This means the bill will have to be up for discussion once again and amendments can be added.
HB 1178 however was transmitted to the Senate where it was read on the floor and then passed to the Senate committee on Education and Youth. There are three state senators who represent Atlanta on the committee, Donzella James (D-35), Sonya Halpern (D-39) and Elena Parent (D-42).
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Facebook Post Misleads on NIH’s Position on Ivermectin - SciCheck Digest The National Institutes of Health has not recommended and the Food and Drug Administration has not approved ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment. But a Facebook post misleadingly implies that an article published on the NIH website is an endorsement of the drug to treat COVID-19. The NIH and FDA have said more clinical studies […]
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SciCheck Digest The National Institutes of Health has not recommended and the Food and Drug Administration has not approved ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment. But a Facebook post misleadingly implies that an article published on the NIH website is an endorsement of the drug to treat COVID-19. The N...
U.S. COVID-19 Vaccines Follow Conventional Health Standards and Protocols - SciCheck Digest Clinical and real-world studies have shown that the COVID-19 vaccines are effective in preventing serious disease, and there is a long history of vaccine requirements in the U.S. But a list of bogus claims, shared around the world in recent months, falsely attributes unique characteristics and requirements to COVID-19 vaccines. Full Story A social media […]
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SciCheck Digest Clinical and real-world studies have shown that the COVID-19 vaccines are effective in preventing serious disease, and there is a long history of vaccine requirements in the U.S. But a list of bogus claims, shared around the world in recent months, falsely attributes unique character...
Scientist Misleads on COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Vaccine Safety for Children - SciCheck Digest The approved and authorized COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. are effective at preventing severe disease, and experts say the benefits of vaccination for children outweigh any known or potential risk. But social media users have shared video of Dr. Robert Malone misleadingly asserting that the COVID-19 vaccines are “not working” and claiming without […]
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SciCheck Digest The approved and authorized COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. are effective at preventing severe disease, and experts say the benefits of vaccination for children outweigh any known or potential risk. But social media users have shared video of Dr. Robert Malone misleadingly asserting th...
Evidence Still Lacking to Support Ivermectin as Treatment for COVID-19 - SciCheck Digest Randomized controlled trials haven’t found ivermectin is beneficial in treating COVID-19, although results for ongoing studies will provide a more definitive answer. Yet, a video presents two weak studies as “powerful” and “overwhelming” evidence that the medication works to combat COVID-19. Full Story After more than 80 studies have evaluated the use of […]
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SciCheck Digest Randomized controlled trials haven’t found ivermectin is beneficial in treating COVID-19, although results for ongoing studies will provide a more definitive answer. Yet, a video presents two weak studies as “powerful” and “overwhelming” evidence that the medication works t...
State Rep. Kendrick: Congress should slow down on tech, consider all consequences - When President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address this month, he laid out a vision for Congress and the administration, one that was laser-focused on addressing the immediate and widely felt needs of the American people. The speech provided a clear agenda for what issues we should be tackling, and that should […]
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When President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address this month, he laid out a vision for Congress and the administration, one that was laser-focused on addressing the immediate and widely felt needs of the American people. The speech provided a clear agenda for what issues we should be...
Benefits of COVID-19 Vaccination Outweigh the Rare Risk of Myocarditis, Even in Young Males - SciCheck Digest Rare cases of myocarditis have been reported following the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, particularly among young males after a second dose. Most cases resolve quickly without the need for advanced therapies, although research on any potential long-term effects is ongoing. Nonetheless, the benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks in all populations, even in young […]
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SciCheck Digest Rare cases of myocarditis have been reported following the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, particularly among young males after a second dose. Most cases resolve quickly without the need for advanced therapies, although research on any potential long-term effects is ongoing. Nonetheless, the...
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The Atlanta Voice newspaper was founded by Mr. Ed Clayton, a formidable newspaperman and J. Lowell Ware in 1966 with a defined vision and mission, which has been the publications’ motto and driving force ever since: “A People Without A Voice Cannot Be Heard.” Mr. Clayton died after the first issue of the paper was produced leaving Mr. Ware as the sole publisher.
The venerable, award-winning publication was born out of the refusal of the white-owned majority Atlanta media to give fair and credible coverage to the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement. It was effectively and uniquely spearheaded by the legendary and politically powerful, J. Lowell Ware, who when he died at age 63 in 1991, had been responsible for publishing seven newspapers throughout the states of Georgia and Alabama; The Atlanta Voice, The Athens Voice, The Macon Voice, The Tuskegee Voice, The Pensacola Voice, The Inter-Scholastic Journal and The Atlanta Inquirer.
The paper was started “out of the movement,” remembers his daughter and current Atlanta Voice Publisher, Janis Ware; a dynamic and charismatic housing expert, businesswoman and community activist, who readily assumed the role and responsibility for fulfilling her father’s vision.
Janis Ware is a University of Georgia Business School graduate, whose career has been unwavering in completing her father’s lifelong interest in publishing and community development.
She has continued the mission and vision of The Atlanta Voice as the unchallenged leader and foremost provider of news and information pertinent to the well being of Atlanta’s African American community. For years, Janis Ware worked alongside her famous father in the publishing business learning his style, understanding his dedication to excellence, and receiving inspiration from his passion for his people. His legacy has also become her mission. She continues in the spirit of the high journalistic standards and commitment to the community passed on to her by her esteemed father.
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Emailed and posted on Ok. Sen. James Lankford's FB:
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
Sen. Lankford,
Now that the impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump is imminent, I am compelled to once again express my view--my earnest desire that you and your colleagues do what is honorable and just, convicting him in the senate. Even one of his most loyal proponents, Lindsey Graham, suggested that history would hold the former president responsible for the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. He is absolutely correct! That in itself should rightly motivate you and your peers to be on the right side of that history, assuring that he is responsible NOW! The footage of the destruction and trauma he instigated is sickening and will be long remembered. The former president's hubris is exacerbated by his ignorance, racism, and misogyny, making him unfit to hold any public office. It is asinine and dangerous--but seemingly accurate--that Marjorie Taylor Greene says that the GOP is his party.
Although you mentioned Belknap as evidence of your excuse to refuse to convict, the fact that the ex-president is no longer in office simply does not pass the smell test. As a matter of honor and respect for the dignity of the office, he should be convicted. The former president has been documented as telling more than thirty thousand lies, espoused violence and division throughout his campaign and tenure in office, spawning more hate crimes than have been documented in recent history. He refused to unequivocally denounce the "proud boys", (a frequent sight at his rallies and whom Canada has declared and designated as a far-right terrorist group due to the attempted coup). He foolishly and arrogantly boasted that QAnon "liked" him, repeatedly and currently promoting the conspiracy lies of election fraud which has been disavowed by multiple judges--some whom he selected.
Having alienated frequent attorneys who initially represented him, he has two who presented a brief replete with errors , i.e. the Unites States. During his campaign, he boasted that he would choose the best people. Yet, during his administration, we experienced outright corruption, his impeachment, and the greatest turnovers, convictions, pardons of guilty cronies than any in our nation's history, lying and bungling the pandemic, resulting in illness, suffering, and loss of innocent lives. Neither time nor space allows for all of the indignities he has caused our nation--making us a laughingstock in the world. Given these factors alone, it would be a blight on America's history and our reputation abroad if you all ignore the damage he has inflicted on our nation allow him to escape the consequences of his overt words and deed, instructing his lackeys to "fight like hell." You owe it to the citizens of this country to act responsibly and to teach and model to our children that our actions have consequences. Accountability and justice precede the healing and unity that you espouse. God and the world are watching. I trust that your decision will be one you will not be ashamed to admit, discuss, and justify to your grandchildren. Because that day will surely come.
Respectfully,
LaDonna Paris, Tulsa
I just wanted to say that I really appreciate the variety of news updates on topics that we all care about! I just wanted to recommend a documentary that I watched on Netflix called Kiss the Ground. This film provides such great information how we can all collectively reduce the effects of climate change from regenerative farming to composting. I highly recommend this film as it does such a great job at providing solutions to an issue that we should all pay attention to!
This is a special hello to Ms. Janis Ware. As as a former reporter for the Atlanta Voice from September 1983 to October 1997 (and a fellow University of Georgia graduate), I wanted to let Ms. Ware that I had a chance to hear her during the UGA Black Alumni Oral Project online and see the transcript, of which I copied on Microsoft Word. I plan to listen and read it again soon. Thank you for all you and your late daddy did to get me my first job after UGA. All The Best on the 55th year of publication.
Your former reporter,
now Dr. Herbert Walter Denmark, Jr.
TRUMP COMMITS FELONY UNDER GEORGIA'S ELECTION CODE!!! UP TO THREE YEARS IN JAIL, NOT FEDERALLY PARDONABLE!!!
FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS "READY TO PROSECUTE" TRUMP FOR FELONY VIOLATIONS!!!!
LOEFFLER AND PERDUE REFUSE TO DEFEND GEORGIA AGAINST THIS FEDERAL ATTACK!!
Donald Trump's infamous, incoherent and bizarre hour-long call of Saturday to Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger including the President threatening, berating, pleading, begging and soliciting Raffensperger to "find" over 11,000 votes in order to flip the Presidential Electors in Georgia from Biden to Trump. Raffensperger clearly and repeatedly stated that this was impossible because the votes had been counted three times, the "data are not on your side" -- and thus to "find the votes" or "recalculate" the results would be illegal and a felony.
This solicitation by Trump was a violation of Federal law, and also a violation of Georgia law (punishable by up to three years in prison), as shown below.
Under Georgia law, Section 21-2-604 (2016):
(a) (1) A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony under this article, he or she solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to engage in such conduct. (and)
(b) (1) A person convicted of the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years.
Fani Willis, the newly elected district attorney of Georgia’s Fulton County, said her office stands ready to prosecute Trump for telling Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in a phone call Saturday to “find” him enough votes to overturn President-elect Biden’s narrow win in the state.
Willis continued: “Like many Americans, I have found the news reports about the president’s telephone call with the Georgia secretary of state disturbing,” Willis, a Democrat, said in a statement. “As district attorney, I will enforce the law without fear or favor. Anyone who commits a felony violation of Georgia law in my jurisdiction will be held accountable.”
Conviction of a state crime is not pardonable by Trump (or any other President) since Presidents can only pardon Federal crimes. In any case, the President's actions are clearly morally and ethically reprehensible and strike at the heart of American democracy.
US Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock made the following statements:
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff: “That is a direct attack on our democracy, and if David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler had one piece of steel in their spine, one shred of integrity, they would be out here defending Georgia voters from that kind of assault.” (At his Sunday rally)
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Raphael Warnock: “Georgia elected @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarrris. That’s a fact. @KLoeffler has a responsibility to speak out against these unsubstantiated claims of fraud, defend Georgia’s elections, and to put Georgia ahead of herself. But she hasn’t. And she never will.” (Via Twitter)
Trump has threatened the born-again Christian Raffensperger in the past, publicly calling him an "enemy of the people," and as a result Raffensperger and his family have received numerous death threats. Many observers think that Trump's desperate and so-far futile efforts to overturn the election are fueled by Trump's fear of Federal and state prosecution for financial and other crimes, once he is out from under the shield of the Presidency.
AN EXAMPLE OF DISGUST WITH TRUMP AND HIS STOOGES SUCH AS LOEFFLER & PURDUE!!!
"...Unfortunately, when you are a self-serving narcissist, demanding loyalty above competence, and ever so willing to blame others for failings which arise closer to home, you invariably erode objective support...."
by JOSEPH DeCRISTOPHER
REPUBLICAN SENATORS WOULD BE BAD FOR GEORGIA AND AMERICA
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Senate Republicans are working for the wealthy elite and big corporations, not for the working and middle classes. They have been waging war against working people for many years in the following ways: #1 Republicans are supported by big business, which finances their campaigns, while shipping jobs overseas and decimating American factories and jobs. #2. Enabling illegal immigration (for example in meatpacking plants and service industries) in order to keep wages low on American workers and increase corporate profits, They express sham anguish over the problem of their own making whereas they could fine or prosecute the employers for ignoring the rules and using “contract labor” or the underground economy, but that would offend their donors. #3. Passing laws and regulations to weaken labor unions.
Republicans have lowered tax rates for the wealthy by more than half since the Eisenhower years. This has widened the gap between rich and average people in the country, and now a small number of billionaires have more combined wealth than the entire 330 million rest of us. One of the first things the Trump administration did with Republican control, was to vastly lower taxes again -for the wealthy-, creating a deficit of more than a trillion dollars, which has come back to haunt us now that people are going sick and hungry and at risk of losing their housing in a troubled economy and with only grudging help from a callous Republican-controlled Senate and White House.
Republicans have been trying to eliminate the Affordable Care Act, with no viable plan to replace it, and especially with the elimination of the pre-existing conditions clause during a pandemic. They have also been cozy with the drug companies and not made a serious effort to lower drug prices, which would be easy to do with the government’s buying power. They have collaborated with the failed leadership of the Trump administration, resulting in many thousands of deaths over the per capita rates in other advanced countries. They are trying to weaken and reduce medicare and social security coverage for senior citizens, destroy the post office, split-off aid from public schools to also benefit private schools, etc. I could list much more, but I need to keep this brief.-----------------------------------------------------------------
I would like to add a simple but important note. If you- the average Georgian, were sitting at the kitchen table, would you be discussing these issues or the usual “red-meat” distractions the Republicans always use to distract you, such as guns, abortion and race? The wealthy elite control the Republican party, but they need lots of other people to vote with them, so they bring up emotional issues to excite people but which have no real impact on your lives. Perdue and Loeffler not only represent the wealthy elite, but they are among its’ ranks. They have used their power to enrich themselves with insider trading and legislation to benefit their businesses. They have supported attacks on our democracy. They have misrepresented themselves and made false accusations against their opponents. They have disdain for workers they controlled. Don’t let them stiff you. Fire them.
