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"Black men who jogged in White neighborhoods where they lived reported incidents of police being called, neighbors scurrying to the other side of the street, receiving disgruntled looks, & seeing the shutting of screen doors as they passed." #AhmaudArbery
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With nearly 10,000 South Carolinians dead of COVID-19, Gov. Henry McMaster says @VP Harris should go to the US-Mexico border (as he did recently) instead of promoting the COVID-19 vaccine in his state.
SC ranks 42nd in vaccinations, @wspittman writes: deepsouthvoice.com/index.php…
Mississippi, where the White House has not announced plans for a high-level visit, is last among all 50 states with only 44.8% of its adult population partially vaccinated. deepsouthvoice.com/index.php…
Talk with your health care provider to get the facts about COVID-19 vaccines or use one of these three ways to find a vaccine location near you:
•Go to vaccines.gov
•Text your ZIP code to 438829
•Call 1-800-232-0233
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With nearly 10,000 South Carolinians dead of COVID-19, Gov. Henry McMaster says @VP Kamala Harris should go to the US Mexico border (as he did recently) instead of promoting the COVID-19 vaccine in his state.
South Carolina ranks 42nd in vaccinations.
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BREAKING: The Louisiana GOP has censured Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican, for voting to convict Donald Trump.
Former Sen. Mary Landrieu, the Democrat Cassidy defeated in 2014, praised her GOP successor as "a true patriot" for his vote. deepsouthvoice.com/index.php…
BREAKING: Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, voted to convict Donald Trump today.
"Our Constitution and our country is more important than any one person. I voted to convict President Trump because he is guilty," he said. deepsouthvoice.com/index.php…
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Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, 41, held maskless campaign events leading up to his election early this month.
This evening, he died of COVID-19. He would have taken office next week.
He leaves behind a wife and two children.
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Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, 41, held maskless campaign events leading up to his election early this month.
This evening, he died of COVID-19. He would have taken office next week.
He leaves behind a wife and two children.
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My God.. reading @ashtonpittman's piece last night and then watching Archie today... my eyes are swollen. 😭
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So thankful for this good work by Aliyah Veal and the @MSFreePress about #GibbsGreen50 mississippifreepress.org/298…
White men, White women & Black women in predominately White areas are far more likely to engage in physical activity in their neighborhoods.
Black men living in those areas, though, are far less likely. The death of #AhmaudArbrey helps explain why. deepsouthvoice.com/index.php…
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Excellent news. Ahmaud may get justice after all. Funny how it only took the GBI one day to determine this was murder while PD looked the other way
BREAKING: Georgia's top law enforcement agency has charged two men with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was jogging when officials say two white men chased him down with firearms and killed him.
Story: dsv.news/Arbery1
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For over two months, local prosecutors did not arrest or charge Gregory or Travis McMichael for Ahmaud Arbery's slaying.
After just one day investigating the case, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested and charged the men with murder and aggravated assault. – at Mississippi, USA
BREAKING: Georgia's top law enforcement agency has charged two men with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was jogging when officials say two white men chased him down with firearms and killed him.
Story: dsv.news/Arbery1
BREAKING: Georgia's top law enforcement agency has charged two men with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was jogging when officials say two white men chased him down with firearms and killed him.
Story: dsv.news/Arbery1
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NEW: Great reporting and writing tonight from @nickjudin and Julian Mills on the big showdown at the #msleg today. Nick questioned Gov. Reeves repeatedly at his presser; he was not pleased at move by @DelbertHosemann and @PhilipGunnMS. Read their report: jacksonfreepress.com/news/20…
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My husband, @wspittman, is superman when it comes to learning skills. In mere months, he's become an emerging data wiz AND he's learned how to write news reports (I spent four years and thousands on the latter).
We're both passionate about news+human rights. Read his latest:
A Louisiana ICE prison's failure to comply with its own #COVID19 policies led to the deaths of two guards and an outbreak at an ICE facility in Monroe, an immigrants rights group alleges.
Read @wspittman's report: dsv.news/ICE-covid-LA
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While I've been scouring MS campaign finance filings, @wspittman has been helping boost the voices of black leaders in Georgia who fear Gov. Brian Kemp's premature reopening of the state will exact an event deadlier toll on their communities.
Important #COVID19 news brief:
As Georgia's shelter-in-place ends, the state is reporting 1000+ new #COVID19 cases.
Black leaders say Gov. Brian Kemp isn't showing concern for people of color. He's "a champion of holding oppressed people down," says one pastor.
Latest via @wspittman: dsv.news/kemp501