He is being watched to see whether he will make history by nominating the first woman to lead the Pentagon, the Treasury Department or the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the first African American at the top of the Defense Department, the Interior Department or the Treasury Department. And so there are definite impacts. Even some Republicans have broken with Trump in recent days and called on him to begin the transition. Joining the growing list were Sens.
Former Republican Gov. Meanwhile, planning was underway for a pandemic-modified inauguration Jan. Klain said the Biden team was consulting with Democratic leadership in the House and Senate over their plans. In a Twitter post Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed joined other world leaders in expressing his good wishes for the newly elected leadership in the United States.
Photo: Courtesy of the Biden Campaign. In a Twitter post on Saturday Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed joined other world leaders in expressing his good wishes for the newly elected leadership in the United States. We should all learn in Africa that in genuine democracy every vote counts, every voice must be heard!
President-elect Joe Biden after he was projected the winner of the presidential election over President Donald Trump. International allies contemplated a new White House that has raised the prospect of resuming a form of business as usual: a more fact-driven, multilateralist American presidency that wants to build bridges, not burn them. Samra who was born and raised in Rochester New York credits her parents — a public school teacher and a civil engineer — for her decision to go into public service.
As a high school student, I spoke out against unfair testing practices. While at Williams College, where I worked three jobs to pay my tuition, I organized a group volunteer trip to Biloxi, Mississippi. We did everything from removing mold from homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina to helping community clinics navigate FEMA in order to rebuild. Peace Corps where I volunteered in rural Guatemala as a health education specialist for two years.
Upon returning home, like many of our young people, I was faced with limited job prospects. I was given an opportunity to help the Town of Brookhaven adopt a recycling education program for their population of nearly , people. I spent the following four years partnering with mayors and municipal leaders across the Northeast to adopt recycling education programs. Following that, I joined the largest global member organization for young people, DoSomething.
Later, I helped start Umbrella, a start-up that used technology to keep seniors safe in their homes by connecting them with affordable and community-driven home care. Most recently, I drove fundraising efforts for Chalkbeat, the fastest growing grassroots journalism organization, supporting their work reporting on inequities in the public school system. I currently live in Rochester, NY with my husband, Brian, who works with court-involved young people.
Together we can create a more just, sustainable and inclusive community. Western New York is my forever home. It deserves real leadership. Photo: Courtesy of Oballa Oballa. Oballa Oballa, a former refugee from Ethiopia who became a naturalized citizen less than one year ago, made history this election by winning a city council seat in the southeast Minnesota city of Austin.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Oballa, 27, held a 14 percent lead over candidate Helen Jahr and declared victory. Oballa, who had been campaigning for the seat since the beginning of the year, said he is the first person of color to win elected office in Austin.
On the campaign trail and in interviews, Oballa described a dramatic personal history. His family fled Gambella, Ethiopia, in , following what he describes as a genocidal attack on his community. In , the family moved to the U. Oballa is just one example of how immigrant communities are shaping Minnesota politics well beyond the Twin Cities, and are now starting to win seats for public office. I think that will give them hope that one day, when they come to America here, they will accomplish whatever they put their mind to.
Joe Biden triumphs over Trump, prompting celebration across the U. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States after a victory in the state where he was born Pennsylvania put him over the electoral votes needed to win. In New York City, spontaneous block parties broke out. People ran out of their buildings, banging on pots. They danced and high-fived with strangers amid honking horns. And to heal. We are the United States of America.
Harris, in a tweet sent after the result was announced, said the election was about more than the Democratic team.
On Sunday, October 25th, Tadias Magazine hosted a timely virtual panel discussion on civic engagement and voter mobilization featuring a new generation of Ethiopian American leaders from various professions. You can watch the video below. Photos: Tadias Magazine. Ethiopian Americans are as diverse as mainstream America when it comes to our perspectives on various social and political issues, but despite our differences we are all united when it comes to the need to empower ourselves and participate in the democratic process through our citizenship rights to vote and run for office.
Photo courtesy of Habesha Networks. The online event, which is set to take place on Thursday, October 22nd from PM — PM EDT, will feature various panel discussions, public service announcements and cultural engagements. Click here to lean more and RSVP. The virtual event, which will be moderated by Dr. Learn more at www. But with the census, we will for the first time have the opportunity to get a truly accurate count.
While the exact numbers are yet to be determined, it is clear that there is a significant Ethiopian-American population in the United States. Why is it then that we do not have a strong political presence? We know our community can organize. We need to use those same skills to mobilize politically. We must equip ourselves with the knowledge of political systems, major policies and voter rights, not only to serve as advocates for our community, but so that we ourselves can occupy positions of power and authority to be the decision makers who shape the society and world we want to live in.
We cannot afford to give our vote away to candidates who are not serving our needs. We are ready to spring into action when there is a problem in our community, but it is not enough to go to our elected officials once we have a problem and try to convince them to help us.
We need to be proactive. We must purposefully engage to get the right people elected in the first place. We must identify candidates who align with and will fight for our values. Then, we must do everything we can to make sure those candidates are elected.
Register to vote. Request a vote by mail ballot today. Sign up to be a poll worker on election day. The November 3rd general election is fast approaching. She is a first-generation Ethiopian American residing in Seattle. Will it be different this time? The pandemic crisis and the call for racial justice and institutional changes are top concerns as we move closer to this high stakes election.
Ethics and values also underpin our decisions. This virtual event aims to bring together first-time and new voters with older adults with a track record of civic leadership to discuss a number of issues through the lens of beliefs and values, touching on things like:.
What does it mean to be a leader? In thorny situations, how do you speak for a community? If there are three important issues facing your community and you only have enough resources to address one, how would you choose? Because this is leading up to the general election, we want to frame this conversation around the power to change systems for the greater good and how that ties in with being an informed voter.
She hopes to restore and safeguard the past, present, and future histories of her people through traditional storytelling and poetry. The nationwide town hall event, which will be held on Thursday, September 24th, plans to emphasize the importance of exercising our citizenship right to vote and to participate in the U.
The gathering will feature panel discussions, PSAs, and cultural engagements. Courtesy photos. The nationwide event, which will be held on Thursday, September 24th, will emphasize the importance of exercising our citizenship right to vote and to participate in the U. Additional presenters include: Andom Ghebreghiorgis.
Fana R. Haileselassie, a student at Spelman College in Atlanta, asks Sen. Photo: BETNetworks. Watch: Sen. Barack Obama held the very last rally of his campaign in Virginia, the longtime Republican stronghold he flipped on his way to the White House. Four years later, Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney made more visits and aired more television ads here than nearly anywhere else. As in-person early voting got underway Friday, President Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden were dark on broadcast television.
Even as Trump and Biden have resumed limited travel amid the coronavirus pandemic, neither has stumped in the Old Dominion. Virginia got it for such a short period of time. The last time presidential candidates stayed out of Virginia and off its airwaves was The state was reliably red then, having backed Republicans for the White House every year since Virginians come out in force to cast ballots on the first day of early voting. Presented with several options on how to make good on an earlier promise to help elect Biden, Bloomberg decided that a narrow focus on Florida was the best use of his money.
In the survey, Biden, who was born in the state, draws the support of 53 percent of likely voters, compared to 44 percent who back Trump. Reuters photo. Joe Biden leads President Trump by nine percentage points among likely voters in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state that Trump narrowly won four years ago, according to a new NBC News-Marist poll.
The NBC-Marist poll shows Biden getting a boost from suburban voters, who side with him by nearly 20 percentage points, 58 percent to 39 percent. In , Trump won suburban voters in Pennsylvania by about eight points, according to exit polls. The poll also finds the candidates are tied at 49 percent among white voters in Pennsylvania, a group that Trump won by double digits in Biden leads Trump among nonwhite voters, 75 percent to 19 percent.
Pennsylvania has been a frequent destination for both campaigns in recent weeks. Vice President Pence has events scheduled there on Wednesday. Sporting Chuck Taylor sneakers, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen.
Kamala D. Harris Calif. At first glance, little seemed noteworthy as Sen. Harris deplaned in Milwaukee on Monday. She was wearing a mask. Instead, what sent video pinging around the Internet was what was on her feet: her black, low-rise Chuck Taylor All-Stars, the classic Converse shoe that has long been associated more closely with cultural cool than carefully managed high-profile candidacies.
During his long record of public service, Joe Biden has consistently demonstrated his willingness to listen to experts, his understanding of the value of international collaboration in research, and his respect for the contribution that immigrants make to the intellectual life of our country.
Kobilka Chemistry Roger D. Kornberg Chemistry Robert J. Modrich Chemistry William E. Moerner Chemistry Mario J. Molina Chemistry Richard R. Schrock Chemistry K. Stanley Whittingham Chemistry James P. Michael Bishop Medicine Elizabeth H. Blackburn Medicine Michael S. Brown Medicine Linda B. Buck Medicine Mario R.
Capecchi Medicine Edmond H. Fischer Medicine Joseph L. Goldstein Medicine Carol W. Hartwell Medicine H. Robert Horvitz Medicine Louis J. Ignarro Medicine William G. Kaelin Jr. Medicine Eric R. Kandel Medicine Craig C. Rothman Medicine Randy W. Schekman Medicine Gregg L. Semenza Medicine Hamilton O. Smith Medicine Thomas C. Sudhof Medicine Jack W.
Varmus Medicine Eric F. Wieschaus Medicine Torsten N. Wiesel Medicine Michael W. Gross Physics John L. Laughlin Physics Anthony J. Leggett Physics John C. David Politzer Physics Brian P. Schmidt Physics Joseph H. Taylor Jr. Wineland Physics For his most extensive remarks since violent protests have escalated across the country in recent days, Biden traveled to Pittsburgh and struck a centrist note, condemning both the destruction in the streets and Trump for creating a culture that he said has exacerbated it.
Looting is not protesting. And those who do it should be prosecuted. The former vice president also rejected the caricature that Trump and his allies have painted of him as someone who holds extremist views and has helped fuel the anger in urban centers across the country. You know my heart. While the speech was delivered amid heightened tensions over race and police conduct, Biden did not outline new policies, instead focusing on making a broader condemnation of Trump.
He called the president a danger to those suffering from the coronavirus, to anyone in search of a job or struggling to pay rent, to voters worried about Russian interference in the upcoming election and to those worried about their own safety amid unrest.
We did it without chaos and disorder. It was a marked shift for Biden from his convention speech less than two weeks ago, in which he never named Trump in his remarks. As Ethiopian Americans we are increasingly concerned about the decline of civil discourse and the unravelling of the social fabric not only in Ethiopia, but also here in the United States where in the era of Trump and the COVID pandemic politics has also become more and more violent.
Below are excerpts and links to two recent articles from The Intercept and The Guardian focusing on the timely topic. The Social Fabric of the U. Since the end of World War II, the only close competitor to the current moment is the multipronged unrest of the s and early s: serial assassinations of political leaders, mass civil rights and anti-war protests, sustained riots, fury over a heinous war in Indochina, and the resignation of a corruption-plagued president.
But those events unfolded and built upon one another over the course of a decade. By crucial contrast, the current confluence of crises, each of historic significance in their own right — a global pandemic, an economic and social shutdown, mass unemployment, an enduring protest movement provoking increasing levels of violence and volatility, and a presidential election centrally focused on one of the most divisive political figures the U.
Lurking beneath the headlines justifiably devoted to these major stories of are very troubling data that reflect intensifying pathologies in the U. Many people fortunate enough to have survived this pandemic with their physical health intact know anecdotally — from observing others and themselves — that these political and social crises have spawned emotional difficulties and psychological challenges…. Much attention is devoted to lamenting the toxicity of our discourse, the hate-driven polarization of our politics, and the fragmentation of our culture.
But it is difficult to imagine any other outcome in a society that is breeding so much psychological and emotional pathology by denying to its members the things they most need to live fulfilling lives. Read the full article at theintercept. Photograph: AP. Abiy Ahmed came to power promising radical reform, but people have died amid ethnic unrest in Oromia state.
Ethiopia faces a dangerous cycle of intensifying internal political dissent, ethnic unrest and security crackdowns, observers have warned, after a series of protests in recent weeks highlighted growing discontent with the government of Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel peace prize winner.
Many western powers welcomed the new approach of Abiy, who took power in and promised a programme of radical reform after decades of repressive one-party rule, hoping for swift changes in an emerging economic power that plays a key strategic role in a region increasingly contested by Middle Eastern powers and China.
He won the peace prize in for ending a conflict with neighbouring Eritrea. The most vocal unrest was in the state of Oromia, where there have been waves of protests since the killing last month of a popular Oromo artist and activist, Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, in Addis Ababa, the capital. An estimated people have died in the violence, some murdered by mobs, others shot by security forces. Houses, factories, businesses, hotels, cars and government offices were set alight or damaged and several thousand people, including opposition leaders, were arrested.
Further protests last week prompted a new wave of repression and left at least 11 dead. Martin Luther King Jr. But for the Indianapolis mother of three, the fiery speeches delivered Friday at the commemoration of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom also gave way to one central message: Vote and demand change at the ballot box in November.
That determination could prove critical in a presidential election where race is emerging as a flashpoint. His Democratic rival, Joe Biden, has expressed empathy with Black victims of police brutality and is counting on strong turnout from African Americans to win critical states such as North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Al Sharpton said. Navy veteran Alonzo Jones- Goss, who traveled to Washington from Boston, said he plans to vote for Biden because the nation has seen far too many tragic events that have claimed the lives of Black Americans and other people of color.
King stood over there and delivered his speech. But what is unfortunate is what was happening 57 years ago is still happening today.
Nadia Brown, a Purdue University political science professor, agreed there are similarities between the situation in and the issues that resonate among Black Americans today. She said the political pressure that was applied then led to the Voting Rights Act of and other powerful pieces of legislation that transformed the lives of African Americans.
And for me, that is the most uplifting and rewarding part — to see those kind of similarities. That was clear as the Movement for Black Lives also marked its own historic event Friday — a virtual Black National Convention that featured several speakers discussing pressing issues such as climate change, economic empowerment and the need for electoral justice.
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden and vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris. AP Photos. Biden has conducted online fundraisers, campaign events and television interviews from his home, but traveled only sparingly for speeches and roundtables with a smattering of media or supporters.
His only confirmed plane travel was to Houston, where he met with the family of George Floyd, the Black man who was killed by a white Minneapolis police officer on May 25, sparking nationwide protests. Even some Democrats worried quietly that Biden was ceding too much of the spotlight to Trump. But Biden aides have defended their approach. Biden, in fact, has not proposed shutting down the economy. The Democrat also has called for a national mask mandate, calling it a necessary move for Americans to protect each other.
Harris on Friday talked about the idea in slightly different terms than Biden, acknowledging that a mandate would be difficult to enforce. This is a universal feeling. Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. Biden and Harris have worn protective face masks in public and stayed socially distanced from each other when appearing together at campaign events. Both have said for weeks that a rule requiring all Americans to wear them could save 40, lives in just a three-month period.
While such an order may be difficult to impose at the federal level, Biden has called on every governor in the country to order mask-wearing in their states, which would likely achieve the same goal. Trump has urged Americans to wear masks but opposes a national requirement and personally declined to do so for months. Former U. Vice President Joe Biden accepted the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday evening during the last day of the historic Democratic National Convention, August 20, Harris D-Calif.
Kamala Harris makes U. Senator Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday, imploring the country to elect Joe Biden president and accusing Donald Trump of failed leadership that had cost lives and livelihoods. The first Black woman and Asian-American on a major U. The evening featured a crush of women headliners, moderators and speakers, with Harris pressing the case against Trump, speaking directly to millions of women, young Americans and voters of color, constituencies Democrats need if Biden is to defeat the Republican Trump.
Biden leads Trump in opinion polls ahead of the Nov. Obama, whose vice president was Biden from , said he had hoped that Trump would take the job seriously, come to feel the weight of the office, and discover a reverence for American democracy. The choice of a running mate has added significance for Biden, 77, who would be the oldest person to become president if he is elected. Lewis Hamilton will feel robbed, so far ahead, then penalised due to the safety car and seemingly arbitrary decisions feels a bit like politics right now Unbelievable.
A hint of the constructed reality with Michael Masi's rule bend to ensure a Hollywood finish to the season. Netflix will be pleased But either way Verstappen a true champion and Red Bull smart in how they threw the kitchen sink at it, and got the reward from the gods. The FIA's decision was abnormal and I'd be fuming if I was Hamilton but I absolutely cannot be arsed with the conspiracy theories that the sport wanted Max to win.
Masi and co would've done the same thing if the positions were reversed, they just wanted an exciting finish. Netflix will be pleased ," came the thoughts of another fan, referring to the popular F1 series 'Drive to Survive' on the subscription platform. Does this mean I won't have to listen to Lewis Hamilton getting of a private jet and telling me about climate change this winter?
I think we are all winners in that case. My personal favourite was Hamiltons comments about racing in Saudi Arabia, if you honestly believe that much in what your saying then why didn't he boycott it,it far more powerful than words. The horror on Sky is so good ," wrote sports writer Ewan MacKenna, obviously reveling in the result.
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