Hamil R. Harris
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Texas Lawmakers Dodging Voting-Reform Bill Welcomed in D.C.
A group of Texas African American lawmakers has shut down the state legislature by fleeing the state capitol in Austin…
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Even Unfiled Taxpayers Can Expect Child Tax Credit Checks
For the first time, the IRS will distribute checks to those who have not filed federal income tax as part…
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MLK III Seeks Reprise of Tone Set in the 1963 March on Washington
In the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision and Republican-controlled state legislatures further weakening the Voting Rights Act, Martin…
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Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer? For Many, It’s a COVID–Tinged Hybrid Summer
Not since June 2019 has the end of the school year signaled a summerlong break from the drudgery of classroom…
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NFL MVP, Howard University President Relate to the Pain Sickle Cell Patients Endure
Football fans often remember Santonio Holmes as the Most Valuable Player in Super Bowl XLVIII where the Pittsburgh Steelers wide…
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How I Found a Special Place in National and Family History
Journalists are used to being witnesses to history. After all, we chronicle the first draft of most notable events. But…
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African American Pastors Rally, Lobby for Voting Rights Legislation
Singing "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round," a coalition of faith leaders and civil rights activists marched Wednesday to…
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D.C. Health Officials and Faith Leaders Offer Assistance in the Wake of Multiple Infant Deaths
When they come upon the scene of a dead child or a teenager, even the most hard-edged police officer turns…
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D.C.’s Proposed Sugar Tax Sparks Racially Charged Debate
A hearing on the Nutrition Equity Amendment Act of 2021 is scheduled for Wednesday at 10 a.m.. before Council member…
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‘I, Sniper’: Terror Delivered from the Trunk of a Car
In October of 2002, 10 people died and three others were critically wounded by John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd…
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