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Vol. 56, No. 34 • June 10 - 16, 2021
Former VA Governor McAuliffe Wins Democratic Nomination in Quest for Second Term Hala Ayala’s Victory Sets Stage for Commonwealth to Elect First Female Lieutenant Governor William J. Ford WI Staff Writer
5 Terry McAuliffe wins the Democratic nomination for governor June 8. He served the state’s top leadership post from 2014-18.
Virginians chose a familiar name Tuesday, June 8 in former Gov. Terry McAuliffe who easily won the Democratic nomination for governor. According to unofficial results from 2,536 out of 2,584 precincts reporting, McAuliffe received about 62% percent, or 269,859 votes. Among the chants of “Terry!” Terry!” Terry” from several hundred supporters at an election night party at
D.C.’s Whitman-Walker Employs Dignity, Respect, Love to Improve Life for All D. Kevin McNeir WI Senior Editor
Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer
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HIV/AIDS in America: Four Decades Later
Is there a Larger Message Behind Intersecting Streets Named After MLK and Malcolm X? When considering the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, no two men were as powerful or noteworthy as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X. Malcolm X, a Muslim minister, and activist was assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965, at 39. A little more than three years later, on Apr. 4, 1968, an assassin’s bullet cut down King, the face of the Civil Rights Movement and co-founder of the Southern Christian
a Hilton Hotel ballroom in Tysons Corner, he reminded listeners that the state has challenges ahead. “We got to go big. We’ve got to be bold but we need seasoned leadership to move us forward and to lift up all Virginians,” said McAuliffe, standing on stage alongside his wife and three of his five children. McAuliffe reiterated some of his campaign promises that include passing a $15 an hour minimum wage in three years, a $2 billion investment in
5 The intersection of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue in Southeast has been called "the Blackest intersection in America." (Courtesy photo/Amren.com)
Most Americans share a propensity toward acknowledging significant anniversaries – milestones in their lives or in the lives of the communities in which they reside. But there remain those “anniversaries” that, while we can neither ignore or forget them, bear the distinction of evoking emotions more in tune with lamentation rather
than celebration. The 40th anniversary of HIV/AIDS serves as an example. In a June 3 editorial published in The Washington Informer, we shared the following observation: It was 40 years ago when the New York Times wrote: “Doctors in New York and California have diagnosed among homosexual men 41 cases of a
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