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1st Time Look at Clearwater’s Black Vote; 6 Quick Comparisons to St. Pete
NAACP activists march (Facebook page of Clearwater/Upper Pinellas NAACP, which will be active in voter turnout efforts in Clearwater in the months ahead) …
To Pinellas Democrats: 3 Imperatives for Epic Black Voter Turnout in 2020
– Gypsy C. Gallardo for Power Broker Media Group It’s a little-known fact that St. Petersburg’s black voters grew their vote totals in 11 of the past …
St. Pete’s Very Own, The Urban Ink Tattoo Company Expands
– Gypsy C. Gallardo for Power Broker Media Group (Photo Courtesy of Commissioner Ken Welch) A red-hot brand. A high traffic location. Hometown pride. And …
Racial Terror Lynchings in St. Pete, Local Coalition Joins National Monument Movement
Above: Inside the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which grand opened in Mobile, Alabama, in 2018 (Photo: Briene Lermitte) – Gypsy C. Gallardo …
Bloomberg’s $3.5 Million Spend w/ Black Media is Peanuts, But He’s Putting His Money Where His Mouth Is
– Gypsy C. Gallardo for Power Broker Media Group (Image by Tennessee Tribune) On February 12th, the nation’s leading black media trade organization …
Bridging the ‘Downtown-Southside Divide’: OneCommunity, Localtopia Partner for Diversity
– By Gypsy C. Gallardo for Power Broker Media Group (Photo: Localtopia 2019) The annual Localtopia Festival is billed as St. Pete’s largest …
Breaking Down the Polls: Black Voter Preferences in the 2020 Presidential Primary (Feb 17, 2020)
Black voters are prepared to support “anyone but Trump,” but show no real zeal for any of the Democratic candidates. February 17, 2020 – By Gypsy C. …
What Democrats can learn from Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society
Published February 3, 2020 by CNN Democrats are laser-focused on winning the 2020 presidential election, but what remains less obvious is the vision that will …
Buttigieg vows to work harder on diversity and inclusion in response to staffers’ concerns
Published January 28, 2020 by CNN Pete Buttigieg‘s presidential campaign acknowledged on Tuesday that it has, over the course of several months, …
Andrew Yang sang with a black church choir. Not everyone said ‘Amen’
January 27, 2020 From CNN As the Rev. Wendy Hamilton was leaving Union Missionary Baptist Church in Waterloo, Iowa, she turned to see some commotion in the …
