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Kenya: 400 Chinese to Flee Nairobi for Home Over Coronavirus Fears

The Chinese have obtained an order from a High Court in Nairobi directing the Kenya government to allow them to leave on June 16, arguing that Kenya's health system does not have the capacity to handle the Covid-19

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Source: allAfrica.com

TGR COMMENTARY: Ebony Robes and Ivory Justice

President Donald Trump has pardoned a Black prisoner, or former prisoner, or two and his administration came up with a half-baked prison reform

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

AMHVoices: Corrupt leaders enabling price hikes

EARLIER this year Finance minister Mthuli Ncube (my neighbour) visited us in Lupane, the provincial capital of Matabeleland North

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

“PTSD affects individuals in many different ways,” said Dr. Juan-Carlos Zuberbuhler, a psychiatrist with Kaiser Permanente Southern

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Bill Strips Away Dental Care Options

(OPINION) Small businesses in California have taken a major hit over the last few months. Most have been forced to temporarily shut their doors amid mandatory stay-at-home-orders, which has led to sweeping layoffs and uncertainty for the future. The pandemic has impacted the business community so

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Beyonce Publishes Poem for Blue Ivy

Beyoncé’s upcoming expansive feature for CR Fashion Book will include a special dedication to her daughter Blue Ivy in the form of spoken

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Source: Savoy Network

Eric Adams, a former cop running for NYC mayor, calls for NYPD budget cuts | New York Carib News

Eric Adams, a former cop running for NYC mayor, calls for NYPD budget cuts

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Source: The New York Carib News

OP-ED: Racial divide of coronavirus is real, so are innovations that can help

While coronavirus does not know boundaries of race, income, or ethnicity, its disproportionate impact on minority communities is unmistakable and points to a deeper crisis of racial disparities in health care that have persisted long before the onset of this

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Tanzania: Ups and Downs As 11th Parliament Curtain Falls

Among the leaders and MPs who fell into Speaker Job Ndugai's trap include Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Paul Makonda and former Arumeru District Commissioner, Alexander Mnyeti, senior local government leaders, three opposition members of parliament as well as the leader of the opposition MPs

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Source: allAfrica.com

President Johnson seeks 10% MPD budget reduction in 2021 to be reallocated for vital community needs

A file was introduced with the purpose of directing the City of Milwaukee’s budget office to prepare a model 2021 police department budget showing a 10% reduction in

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

COMMENTARY: Real Table Talk

Wash your hands frequently and after touching common areas, follow shelter-in-place orders and travel restrictions, cough in the crook of your elbow, keep your hands away from your face, and call your health care provider if you feel

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Kenya: Transnational Cartels Dictate What's for Breakfast in Kenya

The trade of substandard foodstuffs is controlled by criminal cartels that run from Kenya with regional links to Uganda, Tanzania and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: The COVID - 19 Pandemic Shows Us Just How Much Women May Be Left Behind

As the precautional measure of social distancing find more people working from home, let us reflect on these five possible ways that may help ensure that women and girls are not being left behind as the world sets itself to deal with a humanitarian crisis that we just may never have thought

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Source: allAfrica.com

On Juneteenth: A Call for Tech to Act to Combat Racial Inequality

6:19-8:46: Jesse Jackson’s PUSHTech2020 and the UK-based Colorintech launches a call for the tech Industry to make transparent, measurable commitments to fighting systemic racial injustice”Jesse Jackson’s PUSHTech2020 and the UK-based Colorintech launches a call for the tech Industry to make

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Kendrick: 'One year after Georgia's abortion ban, the Supreme Court tackles crisis of access' | The Atlanta Voice

As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on June Medical Services v. Russo, a case with major implications for abortion care nationwide, I’m reminded of what was happening in my state at this time a year in the state legislature had just passed a near-total abortion ban that would prohibit care

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Expansion of NYC Care and Mental Health Services to address disparate impact of COVID-19 on people of color | New York Carib News

Mayor de Blasio, Taskforce on Racial Inclusion Equity co-chairs First Lady Chirlane McCray, Deputy Mayor J. Phillip Thompson, Deputy Mayor Dr. Raul Perea-Henze, and Executive Director Grace Bonilla announced immediate action to expand access to primary healthcare providers through NYC

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Source: The New York Carib News

Systemic Racism Makes Covid-19 Much More Deadly For African-Americans

A long and well-documented history of systematic discrimination against Black people regularly leads to worse underlying health conditions for African-Americans that make it more likely they become severely ill during this pandemic and die from the

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Source: https://www.forbes.com

“Moment of Mourning” Event and Community March on July 4th

Raising the Bar, Unity Gospel House of Prayer and local college students organize community mourning event

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

How One Milwaukee Artist Is Documenting The Voices Of Health Care Workers Who Must Care For COVID-19 Patients

The mask is one of nearly 50 in her growing art series “Feeble Barriers,” which features quotes from anonymous health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Post-COVID-19 mental health issues may be deadly

Rates of alcoholism, depression and suicide often spike after natural disasters and can catch communities off guard, particularly African-American communities where mental health issues have long been a source of shame and

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Source: Homepage -

Despite broad consensus on ideas; police reforms slow to take root

With the current resurgence of interest around police accountability in the wake of the tragic killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor among so many countless others, a number of proposals and solutions have begun to circulate from many Organizations, Lawmakers and other key

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Source: Blackstonian

WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season | Afro

– Each team to play 22 games; regular-season action tips off in late July

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

State must prove Nguwaya case: Judge

DRAX International representative Delish Nguwaya, who has been languishing in remand prison since his arrest last month on allegations of defrauding the government in a US$60 million drug supply deal, was yesterday released on $50 000 bail after the High Court ruled that he played no major role

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Police reform was never going to be easy — but now is the time

Fundamental reforms would begin with ending the “qualified immunity” of police, curbing the militarization of police forces, transferring funds and functions to social agencies, imposing residency requirements and finally making lynching a hate

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

African-American culture

African-American culture, also known as Black-American culture, refers to the cultural contributions of African Americans to the culture of the United States, either as part of or distinct from mainstream American culture. The distinct identity of African-American culture is rooted in the

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Source: ThoughtCo

Archdiocese of Baltimore Archbishop urges more coronavirus testing for hard-hit Latino, African American areas

BALTIMORE — A Baltimore pastor who was recently named an auxiliary bishop for the Baltimore Archdiocese has appealed to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to increase free COVID-19 testing in the city to expand beyond his parish, Sacred Heart of Jesus/Sagrado Corazon de

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Source: News - The Dialog

Poll: Black Americans most likely to know a COVID-19 victim

African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

Racial Divide of Coronavirus is Real, So are Innovations that Can Help

While coronavirus does not know boundaries of race, income, or ethnicity, its disproportionate impact on minority communities is unmistakable and points to a deeper crisis of racial disparities in health care that have persisted long before the onset of this

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

A Viral Black-owned Business Success And The Shortcomings Of Federal Pandemic Response

That it took a crowd-sourced campaign to save their livelihood — as trillions of dollars were coursing through the economy through federal relief efforts — underscored a reality faced by many Black-owned small businesses through the current

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Stop Killing Us! Black Men Line the Streets to Take Back Their Communities

St. Sabina Church organized over 100 black men, teens, boys, and students from Leo High School in a powerful demonstration professing a definite statement, Stop Killing

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Source: Chicago Defender

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