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On Juneteenth, Wes Moore Wants To Focus On The ‘Work Of Repair’ For Black Americans
The governor of Maryland in May vetoed a bill aimed at studying the impacts of slavery and potential reparations for Black ...
Gov. Wes Moore expands pardons, moves forward with targeted action to close racial wealth gap
The Moore administration announced two major steps aimed at addressing the racial wealth gap in Maryland, expanding pardons ...
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Maryland Governor Wes Moore vetoes slavery reparations study, cites need for ‘work itself’
Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced Friday he will veto a ... whose maternal grandparents were Jamaican, wrote. The governor reportedly also noted in his veto letter that black politicians ...
Black leaders want Maryland Gov. Wes Moore held accountable, say racial wealth gap can’t end without reparations
Though Gov. Wes Moore announced actions toward ending the racial wealth gap Thursday, members of the Maryland Legislative ...
‘Racism is expensive’: Gov. Wes Moore says racial wealth gap is costing America big time
Maryland Governor Wes Moore says despite the challenges ahead under the Trump administration, "Black America is resilient." ...
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a rising Democratic star, leans into a sense of national pride as the party searches for new vision
Wes Moore appears to be everywhere at the moment ... fled with the family to his native Jamaica to escape the violence of the Ku Klux Klan. “Within my grandfather‘s journey, you find ...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Marks Juneteenth With Historic Cannabis Pardons And $400M Investment To Close Racial Wealth Gap
Gov. Wes Moore announced Just Communities, a new program that will allocate $400 million to historically disadvantaged ...
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Maryland Governor Wes Moore Urges Lincoln University Grads To ‘Understand The Assignment’ In Unapologetic Call For A New Kind Of Patriotism
In a commencement address that traced his own family's journey through America's complicated past, Maryland Governor Wes ... child of Jamaican immigrants new to the United States," Moore told ...
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Moore preaches a new brand of patriotism amid speculation of 2028 run
Wes Moore used a commencement speech Sunday at ... as well as to Moore’s Jamaican-immigrant ancestors, who settled there before the Ku Klux Klan targeted his outspoken great-grandfather, as ...
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In South Carolina, Gov. Wes Moore hits the early presidential primary circuit while insisting the time for urgency is now
Wes Moore dipped his toes into the waters of presidential ... in Moore’s frequent telling, fled to Jamaica as a child, where his family was originally from, because of threats from the Ku ...