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Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams

Reporter, National Desk at The Washington Post

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Vanessa Williams
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Analysis | A poll finds African Americans and Latinos are more worried about the coronavirus; a p...

Social and economic concerns are a factor in how people of color perceive the threat from the novel coronavirus, a public health expert says.
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More than 200 women sign letter urging Biden to pick a black ... - ...

The letter says that the black women who have been mentioned as potential running mates are qualified and could help excite voters the Democrats need to win the White House in November.
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Analysis | What white Americans can learn about racism from the ......

The feelings of fear and uncertainty are all too familiar to African Americans and other people of color.
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Democratic secretaries of state launch ad campaign linking voting ....

The social media spots accuse President Trump and supporters of strict voting laws as “suppressing black voices and votes.”
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Atlanta's mayor becomes a leading voice in the national debate over...

Keisha Lance Bottoms’s honesty about her experiences have won her wide praise.
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Bloomberg, liberal groups launch ad campaign to reach Black voters ...

A new spot featuring Democratic vice presidential nominee Kalama Harris with a positive message.
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Georgia voters elect Kwanza Hall as interim successor to the late ....

As the winner of the special election runoff Tuesday, he will serve for just a few weeks, filling the remainder of Lewis’s term, which ends Jan. 3. Rep.-elect Nikema Williams won the seat last month.

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Voting rights groups alarmed after Cobb County cuts half of its ear...

Elections officials in Georgia’s third-most-populous county reduced early-voting sites by half, raising concerns that Black and Latino voters will be disadvantaged.
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Analysis | The paper bag test came to Buckingham Palace - The Washi...

It is racist, but not unexpected, that someone in the royal family would wonder about the skin tone of the unborn child of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex..
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Voting rights activists on 'Freedom Ride' say their work will conti...

Just as it took intense public pressure to force Congress and then-president Lyndon B. Johnson to pass the Voting Rights Act in 1965, activists have stepped up their efforts to push the federal government to again intervene to protect voting rights for people of color, young and low-income Americans.
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Frustration and persistence for activists on the 56th anniversary o...

Activists say they will continue to challenge Congress and President Biden to push through federal legislation to counteract restrictive voting laws in states.