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Commentary: Hillary Clinton Gets 2 Million More Votes Than Donald Trump and Everyone Pretends They Don’t Notice

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Imagine if Donald Trump got two million more votes than Hillary Clinton, but by some fluke of Electoral College...

Op-Ed9 years ago

COMMENTARY: Democrats Should Pick a Leader From Their Strongest Voting Bloc: Black Women

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The leadership of the Democratic Party, at the highest levels, has consisted of mostly White men and women and...

Politics9 years ago

As Latino Voter Turnout Grows, Republicans Focus on Keeping Blacks From Voting

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The first election after 50 years of voters not being protected by the Voting Rights Act has been punctuated...

Black History9 years ago

A Community of Journalists and Politicians Deliver an Emotional Goodbye to Gwen Ifill

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) A low key, but solid strain of references to current affairs was heard in the eulogies for much loved...

Politics9 years ago

Donald Trump Stuns the Nation and the World in Upset Over Hillary Clinton

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) New York real estate millionaire Donald Trump won the White House over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in...

Entertainment9 years ago

“Loving” Becomes First Feature Film to Play at African American Museum’s Oprah Theatre

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Some films rely on pyrotechnics and special effects to get attention. Other films are jolting just by retelling a...

Politics10 years ago

CBC Member Corrine Brown Loses Primary Battle, Facing Indictment

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida, who has been in Congress for 23 years, lost her primary battle, in late...

Politics10 years ago

Donald Trump Snubs NAACP Convention, Clinton to Speak on July 18

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) Only one day after declaring himself “the law and order candidate,” the campaign of the presumptive Republican nominee...

Politics10 years ago

CBC Members Worry Proposed FCC Rule Could Hurt Black Media Companies

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) In an unpredictable, disruptive media environment featuring new ways for consumers to receive video content over Wi-Fi, apps...

Politics10 years ago

Black Caucus Members React to Tubman Replacing Jackson on the front of the $20 bill

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) On April 20, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that Harriet Tubman will be on the $20....

Op-Ed11 years ago

CBC Members Visit Ferguson, Mo.

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist “Where do I start? How about undefinable frustration? It seems we can’t even catch our breath from our first...

Op-Ed11 years ago

CBC Chair Butterfield Vows to Work with Both Parties

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist If you were the new chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), beginning your time tenure when the first...

Op-Ed11 years ago

‘Selma’ is More than a Movie

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist The movie Selma, which debuted on Christmas Day, is an eerily timely film detailing a history not taught in...

Op-Ed11 years ago

Democrats Did Not Invest Wisely in Black Candidates

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist A total of $172 million. That was the record amount the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raised in 2013 and...

Op-Ed11 years ago

Democrats: A Party out of Sync

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist If there was one lesson to be learned on Election Day it was this: Until President Obama is gone and...

Op-Ed12 years ago

Democrats Bash Obama Yet Want Black Vote

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist Here are a few election-time questions to think over: Why in the world do Democrats think they can bash President...

Op-Ed12 years ago

‘Problematic’ Police Strategies

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist It’s been two months since Daniel Pantaleo strangled Eric Garner, 48, to death on a sidewalk in Staten Island, N.Y....