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WTO: Why the United States rejected Nigerian candidate Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Manasota View November 1, 2020

Nigerians continue to be optimistic that former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African woman to head the World Trade Organization (WTO), despite US opposition support. WASHINGTON, DC – The campaign to replace Roberto Azevedo, a Brazilian, took on a new dimension on Wednesday, after the United States rejected Nigerian […]Read More

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Election Information

Manasota View October 19, 2020

Voter’s Guides, How to Evaluate a Candidate, Election Dates and links to important information on voting locations, required ID and more are on this page. Click here to see where to vote on election day, sample ballots, and your vote by mail address (if you elected VBM): https://www.votemanatee.com/Voter-Information/Voter-Status-Information-Check-Your-Registration-Status 2020 General Election Voters Guides Manatee County 2020 […]Read More

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Tia Mowry-Hardrict Says That Parents Should Begin Teaching Their Kids

Manasota View September 16, 2020

Tia Mowry-Hardrict is encouraging parents to begin teaching their children about racism at home from an early age. “It starts at home,” Mowry-Hardrict said on the premiere episode of the Dear Media podcast Being Bümo. “What people have to understand is this behavior is learned, so it’s about communication. It’s about bringing awareness. It’s about […]Read More

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Criminal Justice Conversation

Manasota View September 14, 2020

The 111th NAACP National Convention begins today, September 13. Millions across the country have made it known that enough is enough – We Are Done Dying. Social activists, industry leaders, and public servants will join thousands of NAACP members and supporters in making an action plan to improve, protect, and change our communities.Join us from Sunday, […]Read More

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Public defender: I worked with Kamala Harris. She was the

Manasota View August 12, 2020

Niki Solis Opinion contributor There has been much talk about the time Sen. Kamala Harris spent as a prosecutor. As a public defender for 24 years, I examined, critiqued, and battled Harris when she was the San Francisco district attorney. And more often than not, Harris and I were on opposite sides. Having had this experience, I […]Read More

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More Trouble for SDMC’s Superintendent Cynthia Saunders

Manasota View August 7, 2020

On July 29, 2020, the Manatee County Concerned Citizens 4 Justice, birthed from the illegal takeover by the SDMC of Lincoln Memorial Academy, sent a complaint by certified mail to the Florida Department of Education. The complaint alleges that all 417 students sent to Horizons Academy, SDMC’s alternative school, were denied the federally protected and […]Read More

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James Baldwin’s faith in America Eddie Glaude Jr. on why

Manasota View July 30, 2020

By Sean Illing If I could bring back from the dead any American writer and ask them to describe the country they see today, it would be James Baldwin, the great 20th-century essayist and novelist. I don’t know what the Black experience is like in America, but I can say that no writer made it as […]Read More

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Black Americans arm themselves in response to pandemic, protests

Manasota View July 27, 2020

When coronavirus lockdowns spread nationwide in March, millions of Americans flocked to their local grocery stores and wholesale markets to stock up for what would become months stuck at home. Black Americans did the same, but some had one addendum to their shopping list: a firearm. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been […]Read More

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Candidate Forum information

Manasota View July 14, 2020

The League of Women Voters of Manatee County has 3 candidate forums in the next 2 weeks. State Representative for District 70, Manatee County School Board District 3 (all Manatee County voters may vote), Manatee County Commissioner District 7 At-Large (only Republicans may vote, but winner represents the entire district as there is no Democratic challenger or, if by some […]Read More

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Supreme Court blocks curbside voting in Alabama

Manasota View July 3, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (MSV) — The U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision Thursday blocked a lower court ruling allowing curbside voting in Alabama and waiving some absentee ballot requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conservative justices granted Alabama’s request to stay a federal judge’s order that would allow local officials to offer curbside voting in the […]Read More