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Barrington Salmon

Barrington Salmon

Journalist Barrington Salmon lived and wrote in Florida (Miami and Tallahassee) for almost 20 years. He is a 2017 Annenberg National Fellow (University of Southern California) who currently freelances for several publications, including The Final Call, Atlanta Black Star, the National Newspaper Publishers Association and The Washington Informer. Salmon lives in the nation's capital and can often be heard on WPFW, DC’s Pacifica public radio station. Connect with Barrington on his video blog, Speak Freely with Barrington Salmon + follow him on Twitter @bsalmondc and on his Facebook page, BarringtonSalmonWrites.

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Fear of rising Black power terrifies DeSantis, conservative Republicans
By: - April 30, 2021

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is running scared. So fearful is he and his collaborators of the rising power of primarily Black racial justice protesters, they concocted and signed a sweeping bill into law that criminalizes the constitutionally guaranteed right to protest. Going forward, those who march in opposition to the epidemic of police killings of […]

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Debate

Voter suppression, nasty politics and stealing an election
By: - December 11, 2018

Most of us learn from early in life that politics is a grimy, dirty business. It is. There was a time, however, when politicians engaged in unsavory activities and hatched backdoor deals in the shadows, under cover of darkness. But as the Georgia governor’s race illustrated, there are shameless Republicans who are hell bent on […]

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Andrew Gillum

A Black man who could become Florida’s next governor
By: - October 26, 2018

In the 399 years that Black people have been in this country, only a handful of African Americans have been elected governor of a state. 2018 could be a watershed. On Nov. 6, three African Americans are vying to be elected governors of their respective states: Stacey Abrams, who would be the first-ever female governor […]

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