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Vol. 64 No. 49 | Thursday, December 5, 2024
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 64 Years
Trump’s Narrow Popular Vote Victory
San Diego Mourns
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA NEWSWIRE SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT
Mike Norris
Fuels Questions of Mandate Donald Trump’s return to the presidency has ignited debates about his legitimacy and a surge of interest in emigration. While Trump won all seven swing states and secured the presidency, his share of the popular vote—49.83%—places him among the least popular modern American presidents. His 1.55% margin over Vice President Kamala
A Favorite Son:
Harris falls far short of historical landslides like Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1964 triumph, where Johnson won 61.1% of the popular vote. And with a growing number of Trump voters expressing buyer’s remorse, many political analysts have questioned whether the election victory reflects broad public support for his policies. “If there ever was a mandate, this isn’t it,” Georgetown University political scientist Hans Noel told MSN
INSIDE
THIS WEEK'S ISSUE: FROM THE PUBLISHER:
TRUMP’S PEOPLE, AND PLANS AND
HOW WE RESPOND
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News. Earlier projections showing Trump winning as much as 53% of the popular vote have proven inaccurate and have added further
scrutiny to claims of a sweeping mandate. See MANDATE page 2
African Innovation:
The Visionary Behind
Klaman & Co
By Tihut Tamrat CONTRIBUTING WRITER Born in Montreal, Canada and raised in Cote d'Ivoire, Johanne Gnagne, CEO and Founder of Johanne Gnagne, owner of Klaman & Co. Klaman & Co, heads a company PHOTO: Courtesy of Johanne Gnagne with a brand aimed at showcasing the broadness of African culture. With preneurship in the younger generations. Klaman & Co, Gnagne envisions “a platform to involve all Africans that were born on the Klaman in the Akan language means “beauty” or continent, as well as the whole diaspora regard“sophistication”, the very reason Gnagne named the organization as she did, “to carry the beauty less [of] where they are from.” Gnagne is on of Africa,” she says. a mission to introduce the African experience to adults and youth alike, bring local African See KLAMAN & CO page 2 organizations together, and to encourage entre-
THANKSGIVING DAY DINNER SEE PAGE 6
Congressmembers Urge Biden to Use Clemency Power for Mass Incarceration By NNPA Newswire Congressman James E. Clyburn (SC-06), Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) led 60 of their colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden urging him to use his executive clemency power in the final months of his presidency to reunite families, address longstanding injustices in our legal system, and set our nation on the path toward ending mass incarceration. Press Conference of Last Prisoner Project joining 50+ Congressmembers in a joint letter urging Biden to invoke clemency powers on Nov. 21st. PHOTO: @lastprisonerprj via X
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Momentum Builds for Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal By Stacy M. Brown NNPA NEWSWIRE SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT
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As of the 100th anniversary of Shirley Chisholm’s birth on November 30, a growing effort to honor her legacy has taken shape. Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968 and a trailblazer for equality and justice, remains a powerful symbol of courage and leadership. The Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act, spearheaded by Democratic Sen.
Laphonza Butler, is moving closer to passage with bipartisan support. Butler, the bill’s primary sponsor, has garnered backing from key lawmakers, including Democratic Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. The legislation seeks to award Chisholm one of the nation’s highest civilian honors, cementing her place as one of the most transformative figures in American history.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Yvette Porter Moore
By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher SAN DIEGO VOICE & VIEWPOINT NEWSPAPER He was a recorder of our history with his ever present camera; a guardian and keeper of that history as it was being made on a day to day basis. He was known and appreciated, his loss will forever be felt going forward. Mike Norris was a native San Diegan who some remember back as far as Memorial Jr. High School. But he also had a life in Oakland and Sacramento, California where he spent his life when not in San Diego. He passed last week leaving an empty chair at Thanksgiving Dinner tables and pictures that will never be recorded. While he covered just about everything that took place in San Diego at some point during the last 60 years, one of his favorites was the OG Sand Box Annual Cookout for which he documented over three decades of participants through a photo collection of members who had passed, and which he published and shared with those who were continuing the tradition. Mike Norris, for more years than we can remember, had been a lead photographer for the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper. So much so he became synonymous with Voice & Viewpoint. No event was too small or too large. He was the ultimate professional with his cameras, which we all saw as a part of him. While arrangements are incomplete as of press time, we will publish online as soon as notified. Preferred Cremation and Burial is handling the services.
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