In today’s disinformation landscape, Black women aren’t just caught in the crossfire — we’re the bullseye. As a Black woman immersed in politics, I’ve seen the onslaught of lies, doctored images, and malicious rumors aimed at dismantling our leadership and eroding our voting power. But here’s the truth: we aren’t mere victims. We’re the frontline defense in this battle against digital deception. Take, for instance, the recent disinformation surrounding Vice President Kamala Harris. A crudely altered false photo of her with Sean “Diddy” Combs made its rounds online. Even after swift debunking, it continued to spread, with none other than former…
Author: Kermit Williams
The former president has brought dehumanizing language into American presidential politics. Rhetoric has a history. The words democracy and tyranny were debated in ancient Greece; the phrase separation of powers became important in the 17th and 18th centuries. The word vermin, as a political term, dates from the 1930s and ’40s, when both fascists and communists liked to describe their political enemies as vermin, parasites, and blood infections, as well as insects, weeds, dirt, and animals. The term has been revived and reanimated, in an American presidential campaign, with Donald Trump’s description of his opponents as “radical-left thugs” who “live like vermin.” This language isn’t merely ugly or repellant: These…
Georgia Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock walked into the polling place inside the auditorium at New Life Church in Decatur on Wednesday, Oct. 16. On his way into the building he high-fived a woman who yelled out to him that she voted. “Well, alright,” Warnock said. Warnock and many other Georgians, more than 300,000 in fact, have already voted during the state’s early voting period which began on Tuesday, Oct. 15, according to the latest data from the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office. Before he cast his vote, Warnock, Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson, and DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond, all vocal supporters of current…
The ALS Association Hosts Walk to Support People Living with ALS NASHVILLE, Tenn. On October 26, people living with ALS, family members, friends, caregivers, and others affected by ALS will gather at Centennial Park Bandshell for the 2024 Walk to Defeat ALS Nashville. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often called Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. It gradually robs people of the ability to walk, move, talk, swallow, and eventually breathe. ALS has no known cause or cure, and the community is coming together to make ALS livable for everyone, everywhere. …
Former President Jimmy Carter has fulfilled his rumored wish of living long enough to cast a vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. The 39th president filled out a mail ballot that was reportedly dropped off Wednesday at the Sumter County Courthouse in Americus, near Carter’s hometown of Plains, by his daughter-in-law Becky Payne. “I think he feels good,” the former president’s son Chip Carter told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “It was a good morning for him and good for us that he got it done.”
In an attempt to boost Donald Trump’s record on healthcare, JD Vance touted that his family members obtained private insurance for the first time under the former president’s administration. However he failed to mention a key fact – it was through the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. “Members of my family actually got private health insurance at least for the first time, switched off Medicaid onto private insurance for the first time, under Donald Trump’s leadership,” Vance said at the vice presidential debate earlier this month. Senator JD Vance tried to re-characterize Donald Trump’s reputation with the Affordable Care Act during the vice presidential…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — K-12 teachers in Montgomery and nearby counties can access free STEM equipment through a new checkout program at Austin Peay State University’s Jack Hunt STEM Center. They can borrow items like scales, Petri dishes, measuring cylinders, and pipettes for up to two weeks at no cost. The Jack Hunt STEM Center in the Eriksson College of Education at Austin Peay aims to provide training and resources to the region’s teachers and schools. “We want to make it more of an outreach to the community because when we started taking inventory of what we have, we felt like this was a chance to support teachers,” said Dr. Donna Short,…
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) said he does not believe Black men will show up for former President Trump in large numbers. According to recent polling, Vice President Harris is polling behind President Biden among Black men. Warnock joined CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday morning to dispel concerns as Election Day nears. “Let me tell you something this morning, Black men are not going to vote for Donald Trump in any significant numbers. There will be some. We’re not a monolith,” he said. Warnock pointed to Trump’s past with Black men, including the Central Park Five and his felony conviction. He then highlighted Harris’s past as…
Imagine a world where a cure for sickle cell disease — the blood disorder that afflicts roughly one in every 365 Black Americans — never leaves the lab, because scientists couldn’t raise the funding for further research. This is the future we’re sleepwalking into, courtesy of the Inflation Reduction Act’s well-intentioned but flawed drug pricing policies. The IRA empowers Medicare to negotiate lower prices for certain medications. Officials recently announced the final prices of the first 10 drugs selected for negotiation. But in healthcare, simple solutions often spawn complex problems. And it’s the most vulnerable — particularly Black Americans — who…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Amazon announced on October 3 that it’s hiring for 250,000 full-time, part-time, and seasonal roles across the U.S., including 8,000 positions in Tennessee and 3,000 in Memphis. Just in time for the holidays, Amazon is creating new seasonal positions with flexible schedules, and the opportunity to work during its busiest time of year. Some of the seasonal roles may also transition into regular, full-time employment after the holidays. According to Amazon, workers will be getting at least an additional $1.50 per hour starting this month, which will bring their average base wage to more than $22…