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Local Charity Makes Run Against Cancer African-American women have a 46 % higher cancer mortality rate than any other ethnic group and are usually diagnosed later with a more deadly form of the disease. The Celebrating Life Foundation , a local cancer organization is hosting a run to increase the awareness about the disease with the hopes of encouraging women to get yearly mammograms. The 17th Annual Sister to Sister (5K) Fitness Festival will take place on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at the Alan E. Sims Cedar Hill Recreation Center, 310
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East Parkerville Rd, in Cedar Hill, Texas. This year’s theme is, “All in for Good Health.� Each year hundreds of women from all North Texas who make steps to end the devastating effects cancer has on the lives on women with inadequate healthcare and infor-
mation. The Honorary Chairperson for the event is actress/comedian Kym Whitley from the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm Whitley is an accomplished comedian and actress. Whitley's docu-series entitled Raising Whitley on the Oprah Winfrey network (OWN) premiered on April 20, 2013 with a total of 1.2 million viewers, making it the fifth most-widely viewed premiere in the history. The Fitness Festival will be hosted by KRNB’s Daytime Radio Diva, Lynne Haze and WFAA’s senior crime and justice reporter, Rebecca Lopez.
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Get Ready to Vote! During the January, 2017 confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions Georgia Congressman John Lewis and New Jersey Senator Corey Booker testified against the Senator from Alabama becoming the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. The two esteemed legislators expressed their concerns that Sessions would lead a Justice Department that would be hostile to minority voting rights, and that welcomed state-sponsored voter suppression such as the law passed by the Texas legislature requiring registered voters to present state-approved voter identification before they could cast their ballots. Nearly two years later, the
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opposition of my colleagues ber is being acknowledged as and that of members of the National Voter Registration Congressional Black CauMonth during which each of cus and other members of us must encourage everyone the Democratic Party seems we know to register and vote prescient. The Justice Departin the fall. ment, led by Attorney General The Democratic vote in TexSessions, stands as an impedas and throughout the nation iment to the voting and civmust be decisive, wrestling conil rights of racial minorities, trol from the Republican-conand to those of trolled ConFrom other minority gress and the groups. sending a With the strong mesCapitol crucial Nosage to the by Congresswoman vember midoccupant of Eddie Bernice Johnson term elections 1600 Pennappro aching sylvania Avminority voters cannot expect enue. any help from the Justice DeAmong other things, a Conpartment. That is why it is so gress controlled by Democrats important that voters come will address voter suppression out in large numbers, and that and attempt to restore the those who are not registered to heart of the Voting Rights Act vote do so immediately! of 1965 which was severely National Voter Registration damaged by the United States Day is September 25, th and Supreme Court when a mathe entire month of Septemjority of its justices decided in
June of 2013 to eliminate the preclearance provision from the legislation, precluding federal oversight of voting rights plans by state legislators. If you have not registered or if you have changed your address or your name since the last time you voted you should visit the Web site of the National Association of the Secretaries of State, www. can|vote.org, to obtain correct voting instructions. You do not want to go the polls on Election Day and be confronted with questions about your ability to cast a ballot, or be told that you cannot vote. We must always remember that voting is a fundamental right. There are heroes in the history of this country that gave their lives in the struggle to secure voting rights for all people. We honor them and the legacy that they left us by voting.
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Sometimes there are no words My truth is that I am trying to make sense out of the senseless. I am trying to keep hope alive and to keep the faith. But there are too many unanswered questions. Who do I believe, you or my lying eyes? When do the lies stop? When will truth be revealed? In the absence of the truth I will remain silent until I can really speak truth to power.
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In Memoriam - Rev. Dr. George Wynn Pryor George Wynn Pryor was born to the lineage of the late Claude Pryor and Eliza Wynn Pryor on September 19, 1938 in Sulphur Springs, Texas. He is the eleventh of twelve children born to this union. On November 11, 1964, George W. Pryor, along with thirteen (13) members were led by the Holy Spirit to unite as “one body in Christ” and organized the New Birth Baptist Church. The Reverend George W. Pryor is a product of the Sulphur Springs Public School system. The educational pursuits of Pastor Pryor led him to Bishop College where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree. His post-graduate studies have included coursework at South Western Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. Pastor Pryor was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity Degree by the Southern Bible Institute, Dr. Gordon Mumford – President, on May 4, 1986. With strong family values, Rev. George W. Pryor and the former Alma Jewel Harrison were united in holy matrimony on August 1, 1959. To this union four children have been born: Pamela Andrea, Darrell Wynn, Michael Dwayne, and Tammy Adrian Accomplishments & Awards: Acquisition of several church sites; including the purchase and relocation to 444 W. Ledbetter Drive on 13 acres with 38,000 square ft. in improvements valued in excess of $3,500,000 to accommodate a growing membership and enrollment of more than five
thousand (5,000);opened the Jesus Center (a multipurpose building) in 1993 which has housed a Day Care Academy; seniors programs, and numerous community events
Induction into the Elite News Religious Hall of Fame with recognition by the Honorable Yvonne Davis, District #111
A father in the ministry to more than one hundred (100) sons of which thirty-three (33) or more are now Pastors
February 5, 1993 – honored as Pastor of the Year by the Interdenominational Ministers Alliance for Outstanding Pastoral Leadership
The George W. Pryor Scholarship was established in 1988 in his honor, and more than 30 students have received scholarships with stipend and grant awards of over $100,000 Sustained contributions to National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. Foreign Mission Board to countries in Africa and Asia, providing aid to combined efforts, including the building of hospitals and schools as well as facilitating World Relief efforts in several countries; regularly contributes to relief efforts in Haiti. National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. – member and Conference Presenter for more than two decades Recipient of Kuta Keza Kazi Award for Community Service by the Dallas Regional National Alliance of Black School Educators – May 23, 2003 Recipient of Outstanding Texan Award by the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, the Honorable Joseph Deshotel – Chair, February 7, 2003 Recognition by the City of Dallas, the Honorable Mayor Ron Kirk, for Community Service on August 18, 2001
Recipient of recognition by Governor Ann Richards for Outstanding Community Leadership February 4, 1993 2010 recipient of the Whitney M. Young Award, Dallas Urban League Recognized by Dallas Morning News as Living Legend, 2010 Professional Affiliations: Vice President - Interdenominational Minister’s Alliance City Wide Revival Former Second Vice President- Oak Cliff Baptist Ministers Union Life Member: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President – North Texas Regional Missionary Baptist General Convention of Texas Professional Responsibilities: Pastor of church with active membership in regular atten-
dance of approximately 2,000 (currently holding two Sunday Morning Worship Services) Instructor of Bible Study with enrollment of 200 Moderator Dallas Regional District Association which includes 21 other churches with an aggregate membership of 2,000 which supports the National and State Conventions, Colleges, Red Cross, Missionary Programs and Scholarships, and numerous other charitable organizations Weekly Expositor: International Sunday School Lesson The Gospel of Jesus Christ is shared through daily broadcast on radio stations and television stations throughout DFW Metroplex
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MURDER OR MANSLAUGHTER By Cheryl Smith Texas Metro News
“Not Again. Not another hashtag!” That’s the cry around the country and now across the waters as many heard the news reports that yet another unarmed Black man had been gunned down by a police officer on Friday, September 7. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes of Dallas’ Fr i e n d s h ip - We s t Botham (BO) Shem Jean Baptist Church said Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger he was in South Afri- as he stood with other sick and tired. All I’m talked about the shootca when he and oth- members of the Afri- hearing is the mys- ing of the Saint Lucia ers heard that Botham can American Pastors tery surrounding the native who attended Shem Jean was in his Coalition (AAPC) circumstances. We college at Harding Unihome when an intrud- in front of the Dallas are concerned about versity in Searcy, AR er, Dallas police officer Police Department ‘Blue bias.’ We want and was “heavily inAmber Guyger, en- Headquarters, as they this (shootings of in- volved” in his church, tered the premises and prayed for the Jean nocent Black men and West Dallas Church of shot the 26-year-old family, answers, trans- women) to stop. We Christ. PricewaterhouseCoo- parency, the Chief of want to be served and ”We’re encouraging pers analyst. Police U. Renee Hall, protected by the police peaceful dialogue, but “People are won- the city and yes, Officer department!” demand justice and andering, ‘what is going Guyger. It was a somber Pas- swers,” said Pastor Caron,’’’ said Dr. Haynes “Our community is tor Bryan Carter who ter, who is the senior
pastor of Concord Church in Dallas, and president of (AAPC). “We expect justice to be carried out. The officer has to be held accountable and we want justice in every way.” Pastor Carter also acknowledged that there has been c o m mu n i c at i o n from a diverse community of spiritual leaders who are just as concerned and have offered support. Church of Disciples United Methodist Church Senior Pastor Quida Lee called for an end to division and divisiveness. As Dr. Sheron Patterson lifted up everyone involved and addressed the many emotions surrounding
I Messenger the situation she acknowledged that “these are perilous times” but added that “all is going to work out for the good.” The daughter of a former police officer, Dr. Patterson is senior pastor of Hamilton Park United Methodist Church. The Pastors spoke at one of several press conferences held throughout the day on Monday. Immediately following the AAPC gathering, Minister Dominique Alexander, joined by NAACP officials, former Dallas Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Diane Ragsdale, activist Ernest Walker, Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood and others. The mystery referred to by Pastor Haynes was further enhanced by the many narratives, reports and speculation, including several accountings of what actually happened, said many in attendance. What is known as fact, however, said Minister Alexander, the co-founder of Next Generation Action Network, is “early Friday morning on September 7th Amber Guyger of the Dallas Police Department walked into the Southside Flats where she lived, proceeded to Botham Shem Jean's
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apartment, and fatally an end to the violence. of the community are shot him.” She was joined by na- addressed. “We canOn that fateful Fri- tional board member not allow the death of day, Chief Hall ad- Bob Lydia, who is also this young man to be dressed the media and 1st Vice President of another statistic, said said Officer Guyger the Texas NAACP. He Pastor Carter, “but inhad submitted a blood said the civil rights or- stead demand that jussample and based on ganization is calling tice be served.” prelimiAccordnary ining to Pasvestigation tor Carter, a manwhen his slaug hter congrewarrant g a n t s was being came to prepared. church on S h e Sunday then said mornthe Texas ing, many Rangers were anhad been gry and called in to frustrattake over ed. “They the investiwanted gation. answers.” In the F i v e meantime, days latOfficer er that’s G u y g e r Attorneys Ben Crump and Daryl Washington talk to media. still what r e m a i n e d Photo: Eva D. Coleman people at large, are askwhich became a source for the Justice Depart- ing for. One bystander of contention for many. ment to step in and said all the different It wasn’t until Sun- take leadership. stories give new meanday evening that she Other pastors of- ing to the phrase, “fake turned herself in and fering prayers and ex- news.” shortly afterward, less pressing the need for And Dr. Haynes isthan two hours, she justice in this case and sued a challenge to was released from the end to the shootings, Dallas Cowboys owner Kaufman County Jail. included Pastor Rickie Jerry Jones and quarHer bail had been set Rush, Pastor Vincent terback Dak Prescott, at $300,000. Parker and Dr. Marcus who both provided Dallas NAACP 2nd King. different narratives for Vice President KC Fox, The pastors said they free agent and interwho is also a former would continue to national ‘hero’ Colin police officer, talked work with the Mayor, Kaepernick “taking about understanding Chief Hall and the Dis- a stand by kneeling procedures, but also trict Attorney’s office during the National called for justice and to ensure the concerns Anthem. This is why
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we support Kaepernick.” He called on the two to say something about the shooting of Mr. Jean. Later that evening citizens gathered again outside the DPD headquarters, calling for justice and accountability. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson released a statement regarding the ongoing investigation at the Dallas Police Department: “This has been a difficult time for our community. I agree with the decision Chief Hall made to turn over the investigation to the Texas Rangers. Although this process is expected to take time, I am confident this review will prove both independent and thorough. This action by Chief Hall, I hope, will give the community assurance that justice will be sought without bias, and no one will be shielded from facing accountability or responsibility for this tragic situation. “I request all to join me in keeping the family of Botham Jean in our prayers.” The Texas Rangers have since referred the case to Dallas County District Attorney’s
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office where DA Faith Johnson said a full investigation will be conducted and that a charge of murder is still possible. The decision will come from the grand jury. Representing the Jean family are Lee Merritt, Daryl Washington and Ben Crump. According to Attorney Merritt, the last words of Mr. Jean are believed to be, “‘Oh my God, why did you do that?’" Anton Edmunds, Saint Lucia Ambassador to the US and Saint Lucia Prime Minister Allen Chastanet met with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and members of the family, friends and media as they also sought answers. Sr. Editor Eva D. Coleman met with Mr. Jean’s mother, attorneys and dignitaries from his home. She described her experience. “I met Botham Jean’s mother, Allison Jean, today,” she said. I couldn’t bring myself to take her picture. As a widow, I know the feeling. I know ‘the look.’ There’s an emptiness and hollowness that comes with losing someone so close. I gave her a hug and quietly prayed for peace
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and mental stability during our embrace. “I greeted and briefly spoke with super attorney Ben Crump, who is in town. He is synonymous with The Movement.” While Ms. Coleman already knew Atty. Crump, it was her first introduction to Prime Minister Chastanet and Ambassador Edmunds. “Although they’ve been here to support the Jean family, there are still no answers,” she continued. “I think we all were walking around like zombies. This is so much bigger than a hashtag. The only truth we know is that Bo (Mr. Jean) is gone.” Harding Universi-
ty issued this statement: The Harding family learned this morning of the tragic death of 2016 alumnus Botham Jean who was shot in his home last night. Originally from St. Lucia, Botham was a member of Good News Singers, a resident assistant, an intern for the Rock House campus ministry, and a leader in Sub T-16 men’s social club. Botham frequently led worship for chapel and for campus events such as Uplift, and this morning, President Bruce McLarty shared his favorite memory of Jean with students in chapel. “At Lectureship one year, I asked him to lead singing one night.
Because of the subject, there was a particular old hymn that I asked him if he would mind leading,” McLarty said. “He didn’t say anything about not knowing the song, but he had never heard it before in his life. He came up that evening and was just smiling and excited about leading it. He told me he had never heard the song before, but that day, he called back to St. Lucia and asked his grandmother to teach him that old hymn on the phone. So he shared it with us at Lectureship that night, and it was a truly special moment.” The entire Harding family grieves today for the loss of Botham Jean, who has
meant so very much to us. Please join us in praying for Botham’s friends and family. Who was this man, whose life was snuffed out? On his LinkedIn account he describes himself as: “Aspiring young professional, engaged in developing a career built upon integrity, dedication and relationships, leveraging useful technologies to gain an understanding of and add value in a range (of) industries, striving towards leadership in my career, my community and society.” Botham Jean’s birthday is September 29. Eva D. Coleman contributed to this report.
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The White House war against federal workers The economy is doing well, crows the Pugilist-in-Chief, complaining that he doesn’t get enough credit for the things that he has done to “make America great again.” Every time a positive number is released, he brags like a banty rooster. GDP growth higher than expected? He did it. Unemployment rate down, he did that, too. He has little to say about the fact that wages remain stagnant, and he has dared to scold the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank about increasing interest rates, which is a reasonable strategy during economic expansion. So if the economy is doing so well, why has the President declared that federal workers will not get the 2.1 percent pay increase budgeted for them for 2019. He says our economy can’t afford it, but his tax cuts will cause the deficit to balloon by $1.5 trillion. We can afford to give businesses $1 trillion in tax cuts, spend $200 billion providing rich folks a break by eliminating the estate tax, and throw ordinary people $300 billion in tax cuts (with folks at the top getting most of the break) but we can’t afford to pay two million federal workers $25 billion in raises! The raises represent just two percent of the cost of the tax cut. The President says this is a cost-cutting measure, but many see it otherwise. Indeed, since he came to Washington pledging to “drain the swamp,” he has had it in for federal employees.
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By the way, the pledge to “drain the swamp” is now laughable. The conviction of his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, along with the guilty plea of his personal attorney suggests that he added quite a few of his own alligators to the swamp he pledged to drain. The troubled resignations of his feed-at-the-trough cabinet members like former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt and former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price are proof positive that 45 did not want to drain the swamp but profit from it! A thorough investigation of the way that 45 and his family have financially benefitted from his Presidency would be most illuminating. Consider the money the Trump family extracts from the hotel -- the trademarks First Daughter Exploiter Ivanka has been able to obtain from the Chinese government (perhaps in exchange for implied favorable treatment from her daddy); the exploitation of federal resources whenever 45 plays golf at one of his own golf courses (with our government paying for it). 45 is not draining the swamp, he is swimming in it. Thus, his commitment
to drain the swamp is, at best, laughable. At the same time, his attack on federal employees is reprehensible. Why can we afford $1.5 trillion in tax cut but not $25 billion in raises? And why does 45 keep bragging about the healthy economy while playing poor with federal workers? Actually, we can afford the raises, just like we provided the tax cut. It is a matter of choice. 45’s administration has attacked the rights and dignity of the federal worker from the moment he stepped into office. Legislation has been passed to make it easier to fire federal employees, workers in federal offices have been capriciously reassigned, often given the choice of moving or losing their jobs, federal employee unions have been challenged and attacked, with rules about union activity changing with little notice, office space taken away from union workers, and other assaults. Now, 45 is escalating this war on federal workers, taking away their very modest pay increases for the year. In some ways, this seems directed at the federal workforce in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia, all areas that have no love for the blustering,
bullying 45th President. But the federal workforce is national, and there are heavy concentrations in California, and in Trump-loving states like Texas, Ohio, Florida and Pennslyvania. Notably, 18 percent of the federal workforce, a disproportionate number, is African American. Last week, 45 attempted to motivate his evangelical base by suggesting that if Democrats won the mid-term elections they “will overturn everything that we’ve done and they’ll do it quickly and violently.” He is projecting his own violence and behavior onto Democrats. He is the one who urged people to fight dissidents at his rallies. He is the one who has systematically attempted to reverse many of President Obama’s policies starting with his first day in office. 45 is wrong in suggesting that Democrats will resort to violence after they win the mid-term elections, but he is right to anticipate that some of his more egregious actions will be overturned, even more quickly than he overturned Obama policies. If Democrats win, this attack on federal workers will stop. Congress can halt this edict to suspend raises through legislation, but the Republican house is too bonded to the swamp-dwelling president to do the right thing. This is yet another reason to tune it up and turn the vote out in November!
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Nothing sweet about Peppermint Peppermint is a new action film starring Jennifer Garner as a mom who is hell-bent on revenge after drug dealers kill her husband and daughter. She's also wounded in the drive-by attack but she recovers and is able to identify the three killers who murdered her family. However, the drug dealers make payoffs to everyone involved in the case, from the D.A. to the judge. So, when she's unable to get justice through the system, she decides to get it on her own. She spends five years "off the grid" and then returns having learned martial arts and undergone weapons training. Living out of a van on skid row she goes after everyone involved in her family’s murder and starts to leave
a body count of drug dealers and crooked officials. The movie also has a few surprise plot twists that will leave you guessing which of the law enforcement officials is an informant for the drug lord. The plot will keep you on your toes. And Jennifer Garner is about as subtle as a momma bear in her dealings with the crooked officials and drug dealers. Peppermint is rated R for gratuitous violence and has a run time of 1 hour and 42 minutes. However, it is an enjoyable, heart-pounding thrill ride that I think you will like. On my "Hollywood Popcorn Scale" I rate Peppermint a JUMBO.
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THAT CELEBRITY INTERVIEW: Basketball Wives Valder Beebe
There’s never a dull moment on the home court in VH1 Basketball Wives. Jackie Christie [wife of retired Los Angeles player Doug Christie] stops in the Valder Beebe Show studios via satellite interview to give an insider’s peek into season seven of the delicious, drama-filled VH1 series! VH1’s Basketball Wives follows the daily lives, drama-filled parties and outrageous fights that unfold between the wives, ex-wives and girlfriends of professional basketball players. With a cast that includes Shaunie O’Neal (formerly married to Shaq O’Neal), Tami Roman, Evelyn Lozada, Jackie Christie, Malaysia Pargo and Jennifer Williams, there’s never a dull moment on the home court. This season on Basketball Wives, family ties will be tested, emotions will explode louder than ever before, and friendships that once seemed rock solid will be shaken
to the core. Season seven has everything from unexpected wedding proposals to risqué business ventures and some new cast members that will give the OG women a run for their money. L.A has never been hotter than this. Jackie Christie, wife of retired Los Angeles player Doug Christie, is famous for her outlandish antics and over-the-top meltdowns. Jackie is still picking up the pieces of her life after a feud with her eldest daughter hit a fever pitch last year. She still harbors residual upset toward Evelyn for getting involved in the drama with her daughter. Profile by PREMIERETV
VBS: I had a chance to watch my previews yesterday of Basketball Wife and I’m quite impressed with you. I think you are a very smart, very rational, very normal person that a lot of people could identify with. But many of the other personalities on the show do not exhibit those characteristics. I guess the personalities are designed to entertain us. JC: All of us are strong women. Some of us are very outspoken. Some of us just a little bit more transparent than others. I’ve been transparent for seven years and I will continue to be transparent there
are so many layers to me and I think that we are seeing with the other women as well. Like Jennifer Williams who’s feisty who’s coming out of her shell, attacking other women. Like you said, different personalities you will get different things. View VH1 Basketball Wives Jackie Christie complete THAT CELEBRITY INTERVIEW on ValderBeebeShow.com. More Valder Beebe Show THAT CELEBRITY INTERVIEW Youtube. com/valderbeebeshow, SoundCloud.com/valderbeebeshow, 411RadioNetwork.com and VBS affiliate broadcasters.
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Whether it is Eargazum radio, a party, Asian Film Festival or a gala, Hollywood is there.
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Anderson joins ZWHJCOC Jasmine Anderson, the and for- profit sector exnew Operations Manperience in Memphis, TN. ager for the Zan Wesley She worked with Frayser Holmes, Jr. Community CDC in the creation of Outreach Center. She is a bill that revitalized the a Memphis native and is Frayser Economy after a excited to join flood disthe ZWHJCOC placed many group bringof their small ing her array businesses. of experience Jasmine to the Center worked to help make closely with a difference the “Keep in the Dallas My TennesJasmine Anderson area. Jasmine see Home” has a Bachegrant prolor’s Degree in Nonprofit gram, which allowed many Management and Public families an opportunity to Administration from the keep their homes out of University of Tennessee at foreclosure. She was also a Chattanooga. long-time manager with M She is a former Civil & M Renovations, which Service Agent for Shelby renovated blighted neighCounty Government, with borhoods with the help of many years of non-profit city and county funding.
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QUIT PLAYIN’ By Vincent L. Hall
WE WON’T FORGET! While the Senate Judiciary considers another of the nominated “Munchkins” in Donald Trump’s remake of the Wizard of Oz; one of the Democrats called out a gang of robed terrorists who have torched the legal landscape. There aren’t any wanted posters, but these men should be considered armed with considerable weaponry and dangerous to the franchise of Freedom. “Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) used his opening statements at the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings to rail against what he called the “Roberts Five,” i.e. Chief Justice John Roberts and the four other conservative justices whom Whitehouse accused of consistently ruling in favor of “big Republican interests.” Whitehouse compacted in three minutes the frustration most “progressives” and Democrats have had with the Supreme Court of the United States for some time. The rule of lawlessness among America’s highest court was made plain and palpable. He employed the use of visual aids and a condensed story line to make his point. A review of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence during the Roberts Era reveals that in the most controversial and salient civil cases – those decided by bare 5-4 or 5-3 majorities – when the right wing of the Court has voted en bloc to form the majority, they do so to advance far-right and corporate interests a striking 92% of the time. In those cases, the “Roberts Five” – Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice
The Roberts 5 Rides Again?
Samuel Alito, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Anthony Kennedy, and Justice Antonin Scalia (replaced last year by Justice Neil Gorsuch) – have reliably voted in lockstep to help Republicans win elections, to protect corporations from liability, to take away civil rights, and to advance the far right social agenda. The Roberts Five: Advancing Right-
Wing and Corporate Interests 92% of the Time. While it was obvious to me that the SCOTUS has been trying to compensate for the Republican Party’s inability to sustain numerical growth, some of us had never tied the corporate financiers that underwrite the GOP while furthering the interests of big business in deference to the rights of individuals. Kavanaugh’s appeal as the newest jurist on the court went sour with me when his overtures to the Pro-Life crowd got loud enough for all to hear. The backroom whispers and bedtime stories he told to the Federalist Society made him the solid pick for Trump’s base, but I remember the horror stories of the pre-Roe v. Wade decision. There was a beautiful teenage girl
who lived next door to my grandmother when I was less than 10 years old. She was there one day and the next she was gone. By age 20, the story was modified. She died because of a coat hanger, but not the way I had been told. She disobeyed the law and bled to death. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 68,000 women die each year as a result of complications of unsafe abortions. Somewhere between two and seven million women annually survive unsafe abortion but sustain long-term damage or disease. There is no doubt that in America the deaths and injuries are suffered disproportionately by minority women, and women who live in poverty. It’s bad enough that Kavanaugh wants to ride shotgun with the Roberts Five. He wants to help this court of lifetime appointees as they further foist the fantasies of the far-right and the filthy rich. But to encroach upon a woman’s right to choose allows them too much rope; too much power. If we can survive this nomination, we as the majority of Americans should promise to never miss an opportunity to vote and to amend the Constitution. The granting of lifetime appointments must be reconsidered. If the Roberts Five continue down this “Yellow Brick Road,” not even the clicking of red heels will get us back home. Elections have consequences, and here we are again. Vincent L. Hall is an author, activist and
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Co’ka was out and about in the city without her trusted sidekick, Mo’ka. Here are pictures of her at the Beauty in Business Brunch and the white NFL Kickoff Party hosted by Dante Wesley and featuring Paul Cannon and the Band at Park Place Mercedes.
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Imagine being taken to the hospital in severe pain, then being dismissed without treatment or care. Now, imagine if you were a physician who was in severe pain, and you were still ignored. How would you feel? Helpless? Angry? Desperate? All of the above? Unfortunately, this isn’t a made-up scenario. It’s exactly what happened to a physician I know, who happens to live with a debilitating illness that is common, incurable, yet one we know way too little about: sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is a lifelong, genetic blood disorder that causes the body to produce abnormally shaped red blood cells. Normal red blood cells move easily through the blood vessels and carry oxygen to all parts of the body. Sickle cells, however, are hard, sticky and tend to clump together. The cells then get stuck and literally block the flow of blood to the organs and limbs, causing pain, anemia and organ damage. Among black Americans, one in every 400 babies is born with the disease. And the incidence of the sickle cell trait, the carrier status, occurs in one in 12 live births. In the U.S., sickle cell disease affects more than 100,000 people, while globally SCD affects more than 3.5 million people. SCD is also common in Spanish-speaking countries in South America, Central America and parts of the Caribbean. Because of the nature of SCD as a chronic illness, the burden of care can be tremendous on families and communities. The most common reason that people
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