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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour, I'm Andrea Coleman. Coming up, good
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  Speaker 1: news for L.A. Mayor Karen Bass as polls show a
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  Speaker 1: gap is closing between her and her opponent. Plus... It's
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  Speaker 1: been quite an expansive trip. I have really enjoyed it.
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  Speaker 2: It feels very gratifying.
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  Speaker 1: It's about time, I would say. Some original Freedom Riders
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  Speaker 1: finally complete their trip to New Orleans, 65 years after
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  Speaker 1: violence cut short their original journey.
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  Speaker 3: And.
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  Speaker 2: Not only are young folks voting, we have cadres of
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  Speaker 2: young folks that are ready to sign up to become
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  Speaker 2: poll workers because there's a generational shift happening.
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  Speaker 1: Setting the record straight about young voters. But first, here's
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  Speaker 1: BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 3: Construction is underway on Chicago's Mother Jones We Shall Rise monument.
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  Speaker 3: Black Mayor Brandon Johnson and other officials broke ground Wednesday
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  Speaker 3: near the riverfront where Mother Jones organized workers more than
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  Speaker 3: a century ago.
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  Speaker 2: She helped organize workers. She led strikes and challenged powerful
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  Speaker 2: corporations that believe their profits mattered more than the people
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  Speaker 2: who are doing the work.
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  Speaker 3: The project will become downtown Chicago's first monument honoring a
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  Speaker 3: historic woman. Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith claims the New
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  Speaker 3: York Knicks are reluctant to visit the White House following
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  Speaker 3: their 2026 NBA championship. Smith says team owner James Dolan,
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  Speaker 3: a longtime Trump ally, is reportedly unhappy with players who
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  Speaker 3: do not want to attend. However, Smith admits he has
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  Speaker 3: not confirmed the claims with players and the team has
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  Speaker 3: not commented. And black actress and comedian Janelle James will
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  Speaker 3: host the 32nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards. Best known for
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  Speaker 3: playing Ava Coleman on Abbott Elementary, the Emmy-nominated performer will
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  Speaker 3: take the stage January 3, 2027. Nominations will be announced
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  Speaker 3: December 4. I'm Amber Payton with BIN News Now. Back
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  Speaker 3: to you, Andrea.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Amber. A new poll shows Mayor Karen Bass
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  Speaker 1: and Councilwoman Nithya Raman are in a dead heat in
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  Speaker 1: the race for Los Angeles mayor. The UC Berkeley Institute
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  Speaker 1: of Governmental Studies poll shows both candidates now have the
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  Speaker 1: support of 40% of likely voters. 19% of likely voters
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  Speaker 1: are still undecided less than a week before the election.
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  Speaker 1: In September, Rahman held an 11-point lead over Bass in
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  Speaker 1: the polls. The poll indicates many people who voted for
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  Speaker 1: Spencer Pratt in the June primary are now siding with Bass.
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  Speaker 1: Nearly 2,200 likely voters were surveyed between October 19th and 25th.
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  Speaker 1: The poll has a margin of error of about three
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  Speaker 1: percentage points. In 1961, violence cut short a trip to
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  Speaker 1: New Orleans by a diverse group of civil rights advocates
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  Speaker 1: from D.C. They were known as Freedom Riders and stories
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  Speaker 1: of the violence they encountered is a recognized part of
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  Speaker 1: black history. Well, yesterday, five of the original Freedom Riders
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  Speaker 1: that were on that bus arrived in New Orleans, again
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  Speaker 1: on a bus from D.C., They told Fox 8 Live
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  Speaker 1: that their journey this time around was more reflective and
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  Speaker 1: peaceful than the one they took 65 years ago. It's
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  Speaker 1: been quite heartwarming to see the difference and to experience
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  Speaker 1: it firsthand.
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  Speaker 2: Over a third of the population. was totally unrepresented and
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  Speaker 2: therefore abused largely, discriminated against.
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  Speaker 1: A special celebration was held at historically black Xavier University
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  Speaker 1: commemorating the work and sacrifice of the writers, the occasion,
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  Speaker 1: and its history holding special meaning for the students there.
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  Speaker 1: For us as young individuals, we wouldn't be here without
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  Speaker 1: people like this.
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  Speaker 3: It definitely lets me know there's work to be done
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  Speaker 3: and that I'm going to be a part of the
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  Speaker 3: future history makers.
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  Speaker 1: The two-week trip from D.C. included stops at civil rights
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  Speaker 1: landmarks and HBCUs. Over the past few days, students from
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  Speaker 1: HBCUs in Atlanta and some in Alabama have marched to
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  Speaker 1: the polls. It's an important and necessary gesture for Black
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  Speaker 1: candidates in those states, as young voters don't always cast
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  Speaker 1: ballots at the same rate as older voters. John Robert
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  Speaker 1: Taylor III, the co-founder of the Black Mill Initiative, however,
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  Speaker 1: says from his perspective, young Black voters are definitely on
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  Speaker 1: the move.
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  Speaker 2: Early vote numbers are showing an increase of about 10
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  Speaker 2: to 15 percent of young voters. That's people under the
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  Speaker 2: ages of 30. We're seeing an uptick in voters of
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  Speaker 2: people between the ages of 35 and 44. Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: the first week of early vote was amazing. Now, just
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  Speaker 2: because they turn out, that does not mean that they
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  Speaker 2: vote all the way down the ballot. So there's education that.
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  Speaker 1: We have to do. The Black Mill Initiative, known as BMI,
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  Speaker 1: is a national organization. Google Black Mill Initiative to learn
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  Speaker 1: more about it. This is BIN News This Hour. Be
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  Speaker 1: sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Andrea Coleman on the Black Information Network, home of Black
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  Speaker 1: News First.