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6 days ago | aurn.com | Jamie Jackson

(AURN News) — When President Joe Biden stepped aside in the 2024 race, Vice President Kamala Harris expected his full and immediate backing. But, according to the new book “Fight,” by political journalists Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, that support didn’t come right away. The authors describe a chaotic series of conversations between Biden and Harris in which he initially refused to endorse her in his public withdrawal statement.

6 days ago | aurn.com | Clay Cane

On this day in 1969, members of Cornell’s Afro-American Society took over Willard Straight Hall to protest racism, judicial bias, and the university’s slow movement on Black studies. The occupation followed a burning cross found outside Wari House, a residence for Black women. A violent clash with white fraternity members escalated tensions, prompting the students to arm themselves for protection. The image of them emerging with rifles made national headlines, drawing comparisons to wartime unrest.

1 week ago | aurn.com | Jamie Jackson

(AURN News) — According to a new best-seller, President Joe Biden’s closest advisers were aware of his cognitive decline long before he ended his reelection bid, but insiders say they continued to dismiss concerns—both internally and publicly. In “Fight,” journalists Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes detail how staffers, elected officials, and donors were kept in the dark or actively misled about the president’s condition. “We detail this in a great deal in the book,” Parnes told AURN News.

1 week ago | aurn.com | Clay Cane

According to the Daily Tar Heel, Frank Brown, Ph.D., UNC’s first Black full professor and dean in the School of Education, died in March at age 89. A pioneering scholar, Brown authored over 300 publications and held leadership roles at multiple universities. He secured funding for UNC’s first Black Cultural Center, became the first Black vice president of the American Educational Research Association, and was the inaugural dean of a doctoral-granting school at UNC. Colleagues like J.

1 week ago | aurn.com | Jamie Jackson

(AURN News) — As President Joe Biden faced mounting pressure over his 2024 reelection bid, one relationship loomed large behind the scenes: his strained connection with former President Barack Obama. A new must-read book, “Fight,” by veteran political reporters Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, reveals how years of tension between the two men came to a head in the final months of Biden’s presidency.