Dollita Okine

Jan 29, 2025 | theinnercitynews.com | Dollita Okine

by Dollita Okine, Face2FaceAfrica.comDuring his final days in office, former President Joe Biden set a record for the most pardons and sentence commutations of any president. Biden’s pardon list of over 2,500 individuals serving excessively lengthy sentences for drug offenses included Kemba Smith Pradia, who was found guilty of a non-violent drug offense in 1994 and given a 24.5-year jail sentence. Biden’s pardon now restores Smith’s right to vote, hold state or local office, and serve on a jury.

Nov 26, 2024 | theinnercitynews.com | Janelle Bynum |Dollita Okine

by Dollita Okine, Face2FaceAfrica.com She took the seat after defeating Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer. Photo: Janelle BynumJanelle Bynum became Oregon’s first Black member of Congress after successfully flipping a U.S. House seat from Republicans this month. The Democrat took the seat after defeating Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer. She said in a press conference, “It’s not lost on me that I am one generation removed from segregation.

Nov 13, 2024 | theinnercitynews.com | Dollita Okine

by Dollita Okine, Face2FaceAfrica.comKemi Badenoch has been chosen as the leader of Britain’s opposition Conservative Party, becoming the first Black woman to lead a big British party. The very outspoken, right-wing politician succeeds former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, winning 57% of the nearly 100,000 votes to rival candidate Robert Jenrick’s 43%. Badenoch is now the Conservative Party’s fourth female leader, following Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May, and Liz Truss, who became prime ministers.

Nov 9, 2024 | theinnercitynews.com | Dollita Okine

by Dollita Okine, Face2FaceAfrica.comAngela Alsobrooks (L) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (R) have made Senate history by becoming the first two Black women elected to the upper chamber of Congress at the same time in over two centuries. Photo credit: Instagram, Alsobrooks, RochesterDelaware Rep.

Oct 19, 2024 | face2faceafrica.com | Dollita Okine

Alexandra Bastiany, Canada’s first Black woman interventional cardiologist, was raised in Montreal by a Haitian mother who pursued a career in nursing and a father who worked as a chemist. Thus, Bastiany’s ambition to become a doctor has been present since she was a young child. She told Heart and Stroke, “Both my parents had defied the odds by attending college and university and becoming young professionals in a foreign country.