August 9, 2024
GREATER HOUSTON EDITION African-American News&Issues
Vol. 29, Issue 30
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“Addressing Current & Historical Realities Affecting Our Community” The Negro who lives on the patronage of philanthropists is the most dangerous member of our society, because he is willing to turn back the clock of progress when his benefactors ask him
so to do.
- Marcus Garvey
KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ
By:Susan Del Percio
IS AMERICA WORTH SAVING?
By:Bobby E. Mills, PhD
America, I am not a psychiatrist, but I do know crazy when I see it and hear it. Donald J. Trump’s, July 31st, 2024, appearance at the National Black Journalists Association Convention in Chicago was a stark common-sense reminder of why if there are Black individuals who are willing to vote for Donald J. Trump for President, they need to sleep with a psychiatrist, because they need a clinical professional addressing both their conscious mindset as
well as unconscious mind. The disastrous interview was a national disgrace to the journalistic search for truth. Lest we forget: “The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.” (Psalm 68:11). America, how did we get to this insane point in our collective history? Hence, it is literally unthinkable that someone of Trump’s mentality could become the Presidential nominee of a major political
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While it might seem a lifetime ago, it’s been just over two weeks since President Joe Biden announced that he would not seek re-election and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris. Knowing she would be running against the clock, with a very compressed campaign schedule, Harris quickly jumped into action. In the first week, she reached out to party leaders and raised a lot of money very quickly. Then came the much tougher — and significant — task of picking a running mate. A good running mate should strengthen a ticket’s chances in key states, help win over a certain block of voters and share a policy agenda with their presidential nominee. By picking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris has opted for compatibility and a more left-leaning policy agenda. But I know for a fact that a lot of moderate Republicans and right-leaning independents are less than thrilled about it. Immediately after the Walz an-
Harris on pg. 3