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Join us for the next dinner and a podcast, presented by News, From the Margin, as we dive deep into the critical topic of "election integrity." 🍽️🎙️
Don’t miss this chance to get informed with our special guest Secretary Aguilar!
#ElectionIntegrity
#NewsFromTheMargin
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Yesterday’s reparations rally brought nearly 4,000 people to Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C. just days before the Nov. 8 gubernatorial election.
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@iamstillpunch
To me, listening to music changed…now people listen to music to keep up with the manufactured culture of today, instead of to hear and be connected to something real.
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I’m grateful to officially be a part of such a phenomenal team! I’m looking forward to the chapters ahead with The Indy Family!✨🫶🏾
In case you missed the news last month, former intern
@naokadforeman
has been hired full-time as a general assignment reporter at The Indy.
She's covering a little bit of everything, with a focus on cannabis, children's issues and the community.
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I’m saddened to say that today was my last day at
@TheNVIndy
. I’ve grown as a reporter from working with a talented team in the 2 years I’ve been there. I leave in gratitude.
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The crowd appeared to hang onto Williamson’s every word as she criticized the state of politics and called for an end to “worker exploitation” and the beginning of universal health care, food free of carcinogens, a wealth tax and reparations for the descendants of U.S. slaves.
A colorful crowd gathered Thursday at the Las Vegas Center for Spiritual Living to hear from author, activist and spiritual thought leader Marianne Williamson, who is seeking the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.
@naokadforeman
reports:
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A girl from Cheyenne and Civic Center — really living the dream.
I always wanted to be a journalist but it never seemed like a reality so I became a cocktail waitress, until I was miserable. I mean it was cute but reporting always had my 💖. Went through the mud to be here. 🙏🏾
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Gov. Joe Lombardo just signed AB140 into law which makes Juneteenth a state holiday — giving state workers a paid day off. It’s a step up from a day of observance. Read more about the policy here:
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Meet the latest addition to the
@VoteYESon3NV
campaign! I’m part of the team serving as a spokesperson actively engaging the community this election cycle.
And I’m excited to help get this ballot initiative over the finish line for a 2nd time in NV!
Change is coming.✨✨✨
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I’m humbled to be honored for Women’s History Month by the Clark County Commission for my contributions to journalism, alongside such phenomenal women! Special thank you to
@CommishMcCurdy
for the recognition!
#HappyWomensMonth
🏁💅🏾✨❤️🔥
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This afternoon, at the
@ChefJeffProject
in North Las Vegas, youth chefs showed the
@VP
their cooking skills. It’s a program mainly for disadvantaged youth facing barriers to success.
@RepHorsford
, whose district the business is in, and
@SBAIsabel
joined her in the kitchen.
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Couldn’t have ended my time at
@TheNVIndy
with a better story. Check out this heartfelt news story about the first Black family in Henderson, and Nevada and the so-called Great Migration.
Happy Black History Month:
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Matt Kelly Elementary School, which has the highest teacher vacancy rate, kicked off the first day of school with a red carpet welcome to give children a sense of pride.
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The crowd’s favorite speaker, Greg Marcell Dixon (
@Marcel4Congress
), a former candidate for the United States Congress in South Carolina, told voters “policies always, parties never.”
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I’m on the ground tonight at Cheyenne High School for the Nevada Early Vote Rally with President
@BarackObama
as the Nevada Democratic Party fights to keep the state blue.
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The “Rally 4 Reparations” was planned by “grassroots” reparationists following the announcement of the “National Reparations March” this past October.
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The Nevada Department of Administration just notified state department heads about the upcoming
#JuneteenthDay
. For the first time in Nevada history, all state, county and city offices will close to observe Juneteenth this year, with pay, and each year going forward.
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In case you were wondering, post-COVID, the Strip nightlife scene is still giving very much PTSD. Well at least at
#Zouk
nightclub, where I went last night for the first time and wow… 😮👇🏾
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I am devastated and still processing things today and feel like a rug was ripped from underneath me. I am still shocked and saddened about being laid off.
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Yesterday’s first visit to the statehouse. The pictures in the halls were very enlightening. Who knew that it would be 22 years until another Black elected joined Sen. Joe Neal at the Senate?
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I'm co-hosting a new initiative with
@Amber_R_Dixon
-- The Nevada Democracy Project -- a televised event series focused on civic engagement and raising community voices!
This project is a partnership between two respected news organizations --
@VegasPBS
and
@TheNVIndy
!
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Happy
#Juneteenth
! I was thrilled to write this explainer for
@TheNVIndy
that details the history of Juneteenth, policies regarding the history and Black people’s emancipation in America.
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I’m on the ground at the NV Dems Victory party, hosted by state Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe Moreno and Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, as guests wait to hear from speakers about the primary and poll numbers. 🕵🏾♀️
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Inbox: This Friday at 6 pm, the NAACP Las Vegas along with two dozen community organizations are holding a press conference to demand police reform at CCSD after a student was slammed to the ground by an officer outside Durango High School last Thursday.
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The rally — hosted by millionaire, independent filmmaker
@tariqnasheed
— comes amid policymakers' recent focus on reparations proposals in states including California, Vermont, Oklahoma and Michigan.
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Freshman Democrat, Assemblyman
@ReubenDSilvaNV
wants to raise the school budget in Nevada by $2 billion within the next 10 years.
Learn more about him and his goals for Nevada’s education system:
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“And the Democrats felt a certain way,” Nasheed said. “Because look at the crowd. They kept trying to minimize it … They can't even draw crowds like that.”
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Thousands of descendants of American chattel slavery, from states such as California, New York, Ohio, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, attended the historical event.
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I’m proud of the work I’ve done and the representation I brought to local political coverage in the state — being 1 of 2 Black political reporters in Nevada.
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I’m especially proud of the work I’ve done with the Nevada Democracy Project which was built from a pitch I gave in our newsroom focused on reaching underserved communities.
We have done well with, even becoming popular amongst inmates at NDOC.
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I’m passionate about news and information, so I will be focused on remaining a journalist and continuing to be a force in the news industry.
As my former boss
@RalstonReports
would say — onward! ✨🕵🏾♀️🗞️🏁
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I’m here at the Diapers for Diplomas event at
@NevadaStateU
where
@Babysbountylv
is giving away 71,000 diapers — size 0 to 5t pull-ups — to parenting students.
Each qualifying parent that signed up will receive 200 diapers per month per child for a year.
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Photo dump with some of your favorite reporters. 🙋🏾♀️ I’m loving this new space and enjoying the passionate folks I’m meeting and hearing from.
#NevadaPress
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“The energy is great, and everybody's gonna take that energy home on their local level and keep that same momentum when it comes to voting and looking at policies, and in ways that they can affect us as a foundational black American group,” Nasheed said.
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I’m here at Democracy Preparatory Academy where high school juniors and seniors are participating in the Coding for Culture Competition — powered by a philanthropic organization founded by Kansas City Chiefs' Safety,
@JustinqReid
.
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Last night a civil rights webinar led by
@ACLUNV
discussed whether Nevadans who are descendants of enslaved Africans during US slavery, needed reparations — joining a national conversation about the bloodied and covered up past.
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On the ground this morning at the “Shop with a Kappa” holiday charity event where the Las Vegas alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi is giving 135 children $100 gift cards each and food packages. Story soon come.
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Starting this September, the CA Reparations task force will hold hearings until June 2023 to discuss the forms of reparations that could be used in America and CAs responsibility to their residents who are descendants.
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On the ground at
@AllegiantStadm
as the
@Raiders
welcomes Democracy Prep Academy-Andre Agassi for a Black History Month panel with Raiders president
@SDMraiders1
!
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Today, Nevada launched the $250 million “Home Means Nevada” initiative in Las Vegas’ Southwest neighborhood – Nevada’s single largest investment in housing. Developers, in partnership with HUD, will open a senior community with a food pantry next year amid the housing crisis.
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The day ended in breakout sessions at
@NVPartnersLV
about special topics, like women issues and gun violence prevention, where Black and Latino Caucus members joined organizations, like
@MomsDemand
, that are leading certain conversations in the community.
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First time being a judge for the National NAACP All In Convention! Can’t wait to see what the youth bring this year! ✨
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To anyone struggling with self-esteem or self-confidence because you might have performed poorly as a student at CCSD — please don’t allow a bottom-ranked failing school district define your intellectual capabilities. ❤️🩹
#heal
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Gov. Joe Lombardo just signed Juneteenth into law as a paid holiday for state workers.
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Had a great time in Chicago for the 2024 Campaign Journalism Conference! Met some inspiring new people, learned a lot about election reporting and had some great food! Until next time…
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It’s such an honor to have my first ad in the NAACP National Convention Souvenir Book. Special shoutout to the local chapter of NAACP!
Thank you to the Pres.
@qmsavwoir
and the VP
@1CoachAG
! ✨✨✨✨✨✨
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“You must be the power, you’re trying to change,” said Tezlyn Figaro (
@TezlynFigaro
), a nonpartisan political strategist and television commentator.
She said her strategy towards a reparations package is to focus on local and state politics.
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In his speech, he shared the history of US monetary reparations packages by pointing to past multimillion-dollar stimulus initiatives carried out by the federal government.
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The 1862 US Homestead Act gave 270 million acres of free land to American citizens or people becoming citizens.
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The News From the Margin Podcast is on
@Spotify
, which includes information about the local community, interviews with community organizers, discussions on spirituality and wellness and a perspective on trends in the media. ✨
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And in 1988, Japanese Americans who interned in concentration camps in the US during World War II from 1942 until about 1946 received $20,000 in reparations each, as part of the Civil Liberties Act.
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This weekend, the Nevada DMV rolled out new specialty license plates that benefit programs by historically Black fraternities and sororities or the Divine Nine. The design is the first of its kind in the state, paying homage to Black organizations.
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Starting my day at the Oct. 1 Sunrise Remembrance at the Clark County Gov. Center.
My heart goes out to those still suffering from this tragedy. Peace to the families and survivors.
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On the ground tonight at
@PLANevada
’s watch party for Gov. Joe Lombardo’s State of the State address. They plan to raise green cards when the governor says something they like and red cards when he says something they disagree with.
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Things are starting to get tense between Pro-Palestinian protester and Jewish counter protesters at UNLV:
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But event planners and reparationists said the movement is grassroots, and that in three weeks of planning, the historical event was a success without corporate sponsorship.
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Clark County officials approved the waiver and a permit for Shango's consumption lounge near a school and casino on Wednesday, with Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick voting no:
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I’m here at the Las Vegas Spiritual Center where author Marianne Williamson, who is seeking the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination, is delivering a speech to Nevadans about her campaign.
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The crowd was mostly Black males, ranging from ages 20 to 44 years old.
Event goers said they hope that a rally is held each year and that they felt very positive about the event.
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Speakers also said the purpose was to galvanize the crowd, encourage them to run for office or create organizations to help people get elected.
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“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It is beyond me.”
―Zora Neale Hurston
#happyblackhistorymonth
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Nevada’s treasurer wants to address wealth disparities by creating savings accounts for every child born on Medicaid — a program called baby bonds, where money is deposited at the time of birth and grows with interest until the child is 18 years old.
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A $3 million Clark County grant helps
@NevadaState
cover the tuition and fees for all students on their way to be educators:
Thanks to a $3 million grant from
@ClarkCountySch
Nevada State is now able to cover the total cost of all tuition and fee charges for all students enrolled in teacher education.
@DrPollard_NS
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Today, Rep. Steven Horsford awarded the nonprofit Housing Assistance Corp. with a $200k federal grant to support their efforts to rehabilitate homes in his district and statewide, in an effort to ward off “predatory” investors.
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Just in: City of North Las Vegas is holding a press conference on Oct. 25 to announce its first-ever partnership with a major professional sports team:
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Out of Nevada’s 20 prospective independent consumption lounge licenses awarded today, a quarter of the winners were students in the
@CEICNV
Cannabis Business School program that was launched in 2021. Full story soon come.
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Just touched down at
@unlv
, during their Student Involvement Fair, to spread the word about the next Nevada Democracy Project community listening session with
@TheNVIndy
and
@VegasPBS
!
They told me about different topics that were top of mind for them.✨
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We want to hear from YOU at a new initiative called The Nevada Democracy Project -- a series of televised community listening sessions to raise community voices and increase civic engagement!
This project is a partnership between
@VegasPBS
and
@TheNVIndy
:
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Just started my day at Doolittle Senior Center with the
@CBCPAC
and Rep.
@StevenHorsford
as he hosts their Black and Latinos Members of Congress — Get Out To Vote — Day of Action.
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Still wondering how or where to celebrate Juneteenth Day in Nevada? Here’s a list of events happening throughout Nevada!
NAACP Las Vegas Block Party happening in downtown on Sunday. This one has VIP seating, a cigar lounge performances and more:
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Maejor said logistics and security kept the event safe for attendees and the community, amid rumors of white supremacist gangs planning to disrupt the gathering.
He said the crowd drew on positive attention from all races as they passed by the plaza.
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D.A. Steve Wolfson dropped out of the
@CCDBC
candidate forum happening tonight. Take a look at what the organizers had to say. 🕵🏾♀️👇🏾
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Because a troll pointed it out, yes I am still a journalist at my Instagram newsroom.
Yes my newsroom will support and uplift the
@VoteYESon3NV
.
Unlike other newsrooms that claim to be objective -- I will let our agendas be known.
Now, as you were.
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Nasheed said the purpose of the rally was to share the desire for lineage-based reparations for “foundational Black Americans” or African descendants of American chattel slavery.
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There are newsrooms across the nation experiencing mass layoffs, economic collapse and loss of donors. Still, there’s also a news renaissance happening, particularly among Black journalists and I want to continue to be a part of it.
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Former Assemblyman
@Ozzie4Nevada
seeks to unseat Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson.
He said when elected, his leadership will include working to “end the crisis of mass incarceration in Nevada” and the use of the death penalty.
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Local and national news reporters gathered at
@LVMPD
as we wait for the start of the press conference concerning the arrest of Clark County Public Admin Robert Telles and the slaying of
@reviewjournal
reporter Jeff German.
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Here at the East Las Vegas Community Center this morning as Henderson, Las Vegas and North Las Vegas mayors spread awareness about child care resources in Southern Nevada. They will also discuss children’s policies about affordable childcare and early childhood education.
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Retired Air Force veteran and local community organizer Rodney Smith said for centuries Black people have contributed to American labor, science and knowledge amid long standing brutal conditions and history distortion.
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The
@PLANevada
Progressive State of the State Address started with Laura Martin, the executive director, saying Gov.
@JoeLombardoNV
’s “Nevada Way” plan does not represent the full community. It ended with a song about housing affordability, a topic barely mentioned in his STOS.
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Spending a bit of my morning at a press conference held by
@Culinary226
, as they announce it’s NVLEG 2023 priorities which include campaigns to win Neighborhood Stability, a state lottery to fund youth mental health resources, and protecting health care for working families.
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“While the federal government is still trying to decide if they're gonna do a study, California is already doing it,” Figaro said.
Read here:
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TOMORROW: I sit down with award-winning community organizer Leslie Ann Turner for the 5th News From the Margin DINNER AND A PODCAST at Mariposa Lounge — from 6 PM - 8 PM!!!
Watch this interview live over dinner which includes fried catfish, fried shrimp and Mexican cuisine!
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“This is a grassroots effort,” said Sir Maejor, who moderated a rally recap conversation on Twitter Spaces following the event.
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Pointing to a void in national political power, Leslie Wimes
@womenonthemove1
, a registered nurse and political commentator, said in a conversation today, that there were no policymakers among the crowd at yesterday’s rally.
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This will be a new chapter and I’m still growing as a journalist so I will need a lot of support, mentorship and resources. If you are interested in News From the Margin and helping me get to the next level, please DM me.
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News From the Margin live podcast was the place to be Wed evening! Folks packed out the lounge to hear about Ms. Leslie Ann Turner’s self-discovery journey and reconnecting with African spiritual traditions!
And we gave her, her flowers for all she brings to community. ✨🤩💐
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@jreidindeed
@JustinqReid
Executive Director of
@jreidindeed
, Alanna Murray, 33, said
@DemocracyPrep
students learned how to use coding languages Java script and python, during a two week bootcamp led by the teen-focused computer science organization, Dream Hustle Code.
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“Her work, which is about politics and race and speaking to white people, makes her the embodiment of whitecentrism. She does things for the white gaze in order to soothe white feelings,” writes
@Toure
.
OPINION: Candace Owens has made a career out of being anti-Black and aiding white supremacy. But does she really believe what she says?
✍🏿 Toure
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I’m the ground with
@makeroadactNV
for their seven-figure voter mobilization campaign launch to engage Hispanic and Latinx communities. They had a press conference w/ Councilwoman
@OliviaDiazLV
and Nevada State Board of Education President
@fortiz505
to reject MAGA Republicans.
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