Sun Report

By Amy V. Simmons Voter education, participation and empowerment was front and center during the Poor People’s Campaign National Moral Monday Mass Assembly and Teach-In entitled “Voting is Power Unleashed!” which was live streamed from the Pullen Memorial Baptist Church located in Raleigh, North Carolina, on September 14. The training was led by Rev. Dr….

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ABOVE PHOTO: Sen.Harris greets Paulette Beale Harris, owner of Paul Beale’s Florist and her mother, with Rep. Dwight Evans (Photo/Webster Riddick)  Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democrats Vice Presidential nominee, came to West Oak Lane to share the vision that she and Joe Biden have for America and to spend some time with her “sisters.” By Denise Clay…

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ABOVE PHOTO: FILE – In this May 28, 2020, file photo processing work on mail in ballots for the Pennsylvania Primary election is being done at the Butler County Bureau of Elections, in Butler, Pa. With concerns rising in Pennsylvania that tens of thousands of mail-in ballots will be discarded in the presidential election over…

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ABOVE PHOTO: FILE – In a Monday, Jan. 20, 2020 file photo, Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax speaks during the 9th Annual wreath laying and ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, in Washington. Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax formally kicked off his campaign for governor Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020 a year after facing…

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(Photo via Twitter/ BET) By Kat Stafford ASSOCIATED PRESS  DETROIT — Joe Biden’s campaign unveiled a series of nationwide digital events Friday targeting Black voters in swing states — a strategic move by the Democratic presidential nominee to further energize the key demographic as the race heads into its final weeks. The virtual events, which…

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ABOVE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. The tensions coursing through the United States over racism and policing are a likely target for adversaries seeking to influence the November election, lawmakers and experts warn — and there are signs that Russia is again seeking to exploit the divide. (AP Photo/J….

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris says foreign interference, doubt cast about the election by President Donald Trump and voter suppression could potentially cost her and Joe Biden the White House in November. “I am a realist about it. Joe is a realist about it,” the California senator said during an interview…

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At a special meeting of the Philadelphia City Commissioners, Chairwoman Lisa Deeley proposed a motion to approve the grant agreement between the city and the nonpartisan, nonprofit Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL). This will allow Philadelphia to receive a $10 million grant to help run a safe, smooth, and secure election this fall…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Vice President Mike Pence arrives with his wife Karen Pence to speak on the third day of the Republican National Convention at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin And Kevin Freking ASSOCIATED PRESS  BALTIMORE  — Vice President Mike…

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ABOVE PHOTO: First lady Melania Trump speaks on the second day of the Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)  The business of the Republican National Convention was over by Monday afternoon. But the speech making went on and on and on….

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