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Biden Breaks the Black Woman Barrier to the United States Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated by President Biden to replace Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court, would be the first former public defender to serve as a Justice if confirmed. (Photograph by Carolyn Kaster / AP / Shutterstock) By Dr. Bridgette Baldwin The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in our judicial…
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LESSONS FOR SPRINGFIELD: REDISCOVERING H. RAP BROWN – PART II
By Frederick A. Hurst I ended Part l of my article on H. Rap Brown as follows: “My focus is on (H.) Rap Brown because he was my age and he experienced Howard University during my time and, though we went different ways and ended up in starkly different places, we share a lot in…
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AF-AM News bits – March 2022
SEPARATION OF POWERS IS REAL EVEN IN SPRINGFIELD Springfield’s Mayor Domenic Sarno is learning the hard way that the concept of the separation of powers that anchors all real democracies is real since the courts have broken the back of his many years of dictatorial leadership, which he and his small cadre of sycophants used to…
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21st Annual 94.7 WMAS Radiothon To Benefit Baystate Children’s Hospital To Be Held March 8-9
Featuring inspiring stories from local patients and families SPRINGFIELD – Hattie Avigliano spent the first months of her life in the NICU at Baystate Children’s Hospital, arriving in the world 3 ½ months early and fighting for her life. Seven-year-old Zachary Roy was admitted to Baystate Children’s Hospital to treat multisystem inflammatory syndrome after battling…
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Student Support Program Keeps Men’s Soccer Successful on the Field and in the Classroom at STCC
SPRINGFIELD – For Coach William Sweidel, the defining moment of the men’s soccer season at Springfield Technical Community College didn’t come from a single goal, win or playoff result. Instead, it came from a realization. “I think this kind of experience,” Sweidel said, gesturing toward the table where he sat alongside MILE advisor Melvin Tejada…
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