“Two of the biggest issues facing Tulsa today are the pandemic and racism. Nothing in Mayor Bynum’s reelection platform directly addresses these pervasive issues.” — from the Editorial Board
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The Black Wall Street Times will host mayoral candidate Greg Robinson for an exclusive and historic Town Hall event tonight on Facebook at 7 PM CST. Facebook viewers will be able to pose questions for Robinson directly in the comment section, which, if selected, will be streamed live onto the broadcast.
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The mayor of Minneapolis called Wednesday for criminal charges against the white police officer seen on video kneeling against the neck of a handcuffed black man who complained that he could not breathe and died in police custody.
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A few months and a year shy the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and archaeologists will finally excavate one of the possible mass grave sites presumed to hold some of its 300 murdered and lynched victims.
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Actor Danny Glover and former Berkeley Mayor Gus Newport paid a visit to KBOB 89.9 FM in north Tulsa. Glover and Newport are campaigning in Oklahoma for 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders for Super Tuesday.
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With Mayor Bynum holding interviews for the new Chief of Police, the public safety and service of Tulsa’s most vulnerable communities affected by regressive policing must be put at the forefront.