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The 76 year old Ohio Democrat has been pepper sprayed for protesting the killing of George Floyd and arrested at a voting rights demonstration on Capitol Hill. She chaired the Congressional Black Caucus and helped secure Juneteenth as a federal holiday. But Rep Joyce Beatty is now best known as the unlikely leader of the opposition to Trump’s push to rebrand the Kennedy Center in his own honor.
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When a president decides which journalists are allowed access based on whether he approves of their coverage, thats government retaliation against a free press, the type of control over information associated with authoritarian rule, not a free democracy.
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Thank you to the @TODAYshow 3rd Hour with Dylan Dreyer @DylanDreyerNBC , Al Roker @alroker and Craig Melvin @craigmelvin for having me on your show!
I appreciate you all for giving me the opportunity to talk about my memoir The Perilous Fight which is out now.
Hit Kaepernick7.com to grab a copy today and for more info on the book tour coming to a city near you.
It's more than just Ben Shelton's first US Open Final 🔥
He is the first Black American to reach the US Open Final since Arthur Ashe in 1972 👏
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Serena Williams has won six US Open singles titles during her career, with victories in 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
Venus Williams has won the US Open title twice, in 2000 and 2001. She also reached the finals in 1997, where she was the runner-up.
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Lonnie Bunch is a great historian, public servant and a dear friend. He has devoted his career to helping us understand the full American story in all its complexity. Our country is better for his work, and I am deeply grateful for it.
Wishing him the very best and thankful that he will remain engaged with all things history.
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NEW: On behalf of the Democratic Party we have filed in the U.S. Supreme Court to protect mail-in voting from the unprecedented effort by the Trump administration to subvert it.
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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is calling for a pause on AI development after warnings from Anthropic researchers that it could destroy humans this decade, calling it a “break glass moment.”
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Mahershala Ali and 76ers Star Jaylen Brown on Rejection, Rebirth and Refusing to Be Boxed In hollywoodreporter.com/busine…
The WNBA is in search of a new leader, as commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced Friday that she will retire at the end of the calendar year.
Executives from the WNBA, NBA and Nike are among potential candidates to succeed Engelbert when she retires. ⤵️
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Frances Tiafoe just came back from 2 sets down to reach the US Open semis 😲
He's the first player to do this in a US Open quarterfinal since Roger Federer against Gael Monfils in 2014 🍿
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Lonnie Bunch III made history as the Smithsonian’s first Black secretary. Now, he’s retiring as the institution faces escalating Trump administration scrutiny over its exhibitions.
Read more #OnTheGrio
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Apartments designated as affordable are sitting empty as the poorest in the U.S. cannot afford them nbcnews.com/news/us-news/poo…
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Bernice King is standing up for A’ja Wilson. She called Linda Cohn’s speculation about the WNBA MVP being “insecure” over Caitlin Clark “delusional” and “dangerous” and wants an apology. Read more: thegrio.com/2026/09/07/berni…
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“I wasn’t going to let them stop me or us from doing that work and moving forward.”
I appreciated the opportunity to have a thoughtful and in-depth conversation with Lester Holt.
This conversation will be on “Before & After with @LesterHoltNBC “ and will be available to everyone on September 14th, produced by @DatelineNBC
My memoir THE PERILOUS FIGHT, is available for pre-order NOW at Kaepernick7.com
In stores Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
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Coco Gauff continues to make history at the US Open 👏
The 22-year-old is the youngest American woman to make three Major quarterfinals in one year since Serena Williams in 2003!
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Calling Leader @RepJeffries or any Black man a monkey or errand boy is absolutely disgusting and unacceptable under any circumstances.
