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(Left) A view of Lorraine Hotel, from second floor bathroom window in the boarding house from where James Earl Ray was alleged to have fired the fatal shot at Martin Luther King, Jr. (Right) Boarding house view of Lorraine Motel balcony. Photo/Mr. Littlehand / Wikimedia Commons.

(Left) A view of Lorraine Hotel, from second floor bathroom window in the boarding house from where James Earl Ray was alleged to have fired the fatal shot at Martin Luther King, Jr. (Right) Boarding house view of Lorraine Motel balcony. Photo/Mr. Littlehand / Wikimedia Commons.

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FBI’s Release of King Assassination Files Is an Invasion of Privacy, Say King’s Children

News Staff
Friday, July 25, 2025
To the dismay of the children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders, President Donald Trump has ordered the release of more than 240,000 pages of FBI documents related to the assassination of Dr. King in 1968.
Are We, the People, Relinquishing Our Power to the Wealthy and Powerful Few?

Are We, the People, Relinquishing Our Power to the Wealthy and Powerful Few?

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Are We, the People, Relinquishing Our Power to the Wealthy and Powerful Few?

Dr. Janice Ellis
Friday, July 18, 2025
this toxic political environment it may seem like we, the people of the state of Missouri and the United States, do not have the power to control the policies that determine what the “Show Me” state and the “Land of the Free” become.We do. But only if we are willing to take a stand and exercise it.
NY Attorney General Letitia James

NY Attorney General Letitia James

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Letitia James, Loretta Lynch Give Insight as Black Women Surviving Trump’s America During NAACP Convention

Sharelle B. Mcnair Courtesy, Black Enterprise
Friday, July 18, 2025
Both Lynch and James touched on the climate of the current administration, warning Black women in the audience on how U.S. legal systems are use them as a target. July 15, 2025—Two of President Donald Trump’s most vocal critics — New York Attorney General Letitia James and former U.S.
Jackson County Executive Frank White

Jackson County Executive Frank White

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Urban Council, Civic, Faith-Based, Community Leaders Call for Jackson County Executive Frank White to Resign

The K.c. Globe Staff
Friday, July 18, 2025
Press Conference Follows White’s Earlier Veto of Ordinance Approving His Recall Election In what they are calling “an unprecedented show of unity and public disapproval,” leaders from across Jackson County—including representatives from the Urban Council, Eastern Jackson County, Kansas City’s East...
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Supreme Court Decision Opens Door to Large-Scale Federal Layoffs

Danielle J.
Friday, July 11, 2025
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Writes 15 Page Dissent July 9, 2025—The U.S. Supreme Court late Tuesday lifted lower court injunctions that had blocked attempts by President Donald Trump and his DOGE Service to restructure the federal government.
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