Charise K. Lawrence
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Brooklyn native with a ❤️ for service, local journalism, politics, and culture!
Brooklyn Residents' Homes Returned After Disbarred Attorney Sentenced for Deed Theft Scheme
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Brooklyn Residents' Homes Returned After Disbarred Attorney Sentenced for Deed Theft Scheme - NewsBreak
Sanford Solny, a 68-year-old disbarred attorney from Brooklyn, was sentenced to an indeterminate term of two and a half to seven years in prison. The sente
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November 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Brooklyn Residents' Homes Returned After Disbarred Attorney Sentenced for Deed Theft Scheme
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Walking into Wednesday with even more respect and appreciation for the right to vote!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Walking into Wednesday with even more respect and appreciation for the right to vote!!
Loving it!
Highest turnout since 1977 was David Dinkins vs. Rudy Giuliani, which hit 1.9m in both 1989 and 1993.
That’s 1,013,381 today as of 6pm and I believe 1.855M total including preliminary mail in ballots.
Looks sure to pass 2M votes by 9pm.
Looks sure to pass 2M votes by 9pm.
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Loving it!
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The mass firing of journalists and in areas of vital coverage like Africa has begun under Bari Weiss at CBS News.
The moves kill the spirit of Walter Cronkite, investigative journalism & diminishes swaths of people & topics. Sweeping layoffs were announced, entire depts axed, global bureaus closed
The moves kill the spirit of Walter Cronkite, investigative journalism & diminishes swaths of people & topics. Sweeping layoffs were announced, entire depts axed, global bureaus closed
CBS News staffers lose jobs in ‘bloodbath’ as part of sweeping cuts from Paramount
Paramount laying off about 1,000 staffers, including some in news, on Wednesday amid longer-term cost-cutting plan
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October 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The mass firing of journalists and in areas of vital coverage like Africa has begun under Bari Weiss at CBS News.
The moves kill the spirit of Walter Cronkite, investigative journalism & diminishes swaths of people & topics. Sweeping layoffs were announced, entire depts axed, global bureaus closed
The moves kill the spirit of Walter Cronkite, investigative journalism & diminishes swaths of people & topics. Sweeping layoffs were announced, entire depts axed, global bureaus closed
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New Orleans residents reflect on rebuilding their lives 20 years after Hurricane Katrina.
In New Orleans, memories of Katrina remain vivid 20 years later
New Orleans residents reflect on rebuilding their lives 20 years after Hurricane Katrina.
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September 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
New Orleans residents reflect on rebuilding their lives 20 years after Hurricane Katrina.
Falafel is my comfort food. So yes, I just made some for obvious reasons.
July 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Falafel is my comfort food. So yes, I just made some for obvious reasons.
Read "Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-m5Ur8UR/HC...
Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91 (Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) - Bill Moyers, the former White House pre...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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"Ain't nobody free until we are all free!"
--Fannie Lou Hamer
--Fannie Lou Hamer
June 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Ain't nobody free until we are all free!"
--Fannie Lou Hamer
--Fannie Lou Hamer
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the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
June 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
the destruction of chattel slavery is one of the great accomplishments in our nation's history and the reason conservatives hate celebrating it is because doing so legitimizes the black counter-narrative of the united states
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New York's highest court just ruled AGAINST retired city workers whom NYC is trying to force onto privately managed Medicare Advantage plans, reversing lower court decisions that had found in favor of the retirees: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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June 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
New York's highest court just ruled AGAINST retired city workers whom NYC is trying to force onto privately managed Medicare Advantage plans, reversing lower court decisions that had found in favor of the retirees: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Read "Barbara Lee sworn in as Oakland’s 1st Black woman mayor" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-lcoEJFS/A6...
Barbara Lee sworn in as Oakland's 1st Black woman mayor (ABC7 Bay Area)
Oakland officially got a new mayor Tuesday.
The city council formally announced the results of March's special election and then Mayor-elect Barbara Lee ...
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May 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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A week after the WHCA Dinner, Sovereignty wins to Journalism. Oy!
May 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A week after the WHCA Dinner, Sovereignty wins to Journalism. Oy!
Black Shoppers Lead The Way In The ‘Economic Blackout’ Against Major Retailers Like Target And Others That Have Scaled Back On DEI
Source: Afrotech
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Black shoppers’ spending habits have changed at retailers no longer upholding DEI.
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April 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Black Shoppers Lead The Way In The ‘Economic Blackout’ Against Major Retailers Like Target And Others That Have Scaled Back On DEI
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Federal work shaped a Black middle class. Now it's destabilized by Trump's job cuts
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Federal work shaped a Black middle class. Now it's destabilized by Trump's job cuts - NewsBreak
For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration's workforce cuts are now throwing that sense of stability up in the air.
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April 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Federal work shaped a Black middle class. Now it's destabilized by Trump's job cuts
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“CBS News entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday after the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” Bill Owens, said that he would resign from the long-running Sunday news program because he had lost his journalistic independence.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...
Top Producer of ‘60 Minutes’ Quits, Saying He Lost Independence
The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
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April 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“CBS News entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday after the executive producer of “60 Minutes,” Bill Owens, said that he would resign from the long-running Sunday news program because he had lost his journalistic independence.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...
A news fast... Yes, I need it desperately...Ignorance must really be bliss.
April 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A news fast... Yes, I need it desperately...Ignorance must really be bliss.
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Leslie Odom, Jr. will return to Broadway to reprise his role as Hamilton’s Aaron Burr from September 9 through November 23.
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Leslie Odom, Jr. Returning To Broadway’s ‘Hamilton’ This Fall
Leslie Odom, Jr. will return to Broadway's Hamilton this fall in a reprise of his Tony Award-winning role as Aaron Burr.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Leslie Odom, Jr. will return to Broadway to reprise his role as Hamilton’s Aaron Burr from September 9 through November 23.
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A federal judge in Washington rejected the White House’s effort to keep The Associated Press from routinely covering President Trump, finding that it had faced political retaliation over its editorial decisions.
Judge Sides With The Associated Press In Fight Over Access to Trump
A federal judge ordered the White House to restore the outlet’s access to certain White House events and agreed that it had been singled out over its editorial decisions.
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April 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A federal judge in Washington rejected the White House’s effort to keep The Associated Press from routinely covering President Trump, finding that it had faced political retaliation over its editorial decisions.
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Fam, remember three years ago when Cory Booker brought tears to all of our eyes when he lifted up Ketanji Brown Jackson?
“You are worthy.”
That’s who he is. That’s who he’s always been.
@booker.senate.gov
“You are worthy.”
That’s who he is. That’s who he’s always been.
@booker.senate.gov
April 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Fam, remember three years ago when Cory Booker brought tears to all of our eyes when he lifted up Ketanji Brown Jackson?
“You are worthy.”
That’s who he is. That’s who he’s always been.
@booker.senate.gov
“You are worthy.”
That’s who he is. That’s who he’s always been.
@booker.senate.gov