Barbadian poet George Lamming dies at 94

Important information for upcoming Democratic Primary Runoff Elections

Any qualified voter for the July 14 Democratic Primary Runoff Election may vote in person at any of the 45 early voting locations on the dates and times indicated

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Affidavit outlines case against 3 J'can cops on drug rap in US

MONTEGO BAY, St James — An affidavit in support of a criminal complaint against three Jamaican cops filed by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents outlines that the trio collaborated to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine in the United

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Norway calls for recount to be used for declaration of elections result

Norway’s Ambassador to Guyana, Nils Martin Gunneng yesterday joined the call for the national recount of votes to be used for the declaration of the result from the controversy-laden March 2nd general

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Miami Law Firm Provides Free Legal Help for Black Startups in Hospitality

As part of the current national movement toward racial equality, a Miami law firm is using its expertise to provide pro bono legal help to Black

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Source: The Black Chronicle

The American Economic System Works Just Fine—for White People

For the past four hundred years, and most recently after the brutal killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, and other Black citizens by police forces in America, Black people and progressive Whites in America have protested that “the system” is racist, broken, and needs to be

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

Extraordinary resilience 'Butch' Stewart praises tourism emp

Gordon “Butch” Stewart has praised Jamaica's tourism employees for their “extraordinary resilience” in facing the COVID-19 pandemic, and wished them an even better future, as the industry slowly begins to

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Juneteenth was a time to honor the memory of those who have lost their lives to racial violence

– General Order No. 3 as read by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, Galveston, Texas, June 19, 1865

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Bubba Wallace: ‘Somebody tied a noose’ –

Wallace was referring to comments on social media that arose after NASCAR announced Tuesday that an FBI investigation determined the noose found in Wallace’s car garage at Talladega was not a hate crime targeted at the only Black driver in the sport’s top

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Source: Daytona Times

Georgia Lt. Gov. On COVID-19, The State's Hate Crimes Bill And Voting Access

Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan speaks on the floor of the Georgia State Senate on

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Source: Stories About Black History

Missing Black Girls Found After Cops Don’t Issue Amber Alert Amid Sex Trafficking Suspicions: Report

A pair of Black girls missing for days from Milwaukee was found by a search party of residents who banded together after police decided against issuing child abduction emergency alerts for them, according to reports across social media reports and from local

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Source: NewsOne

BILL VAUGHAN'S TASTY CLIPS: Michelle Obama, The Roots unite to energize voters

Hosted by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter of The Roots along with the former first lady, the picnic will be filled with performances by a diverse group of young, highly popular hip hop, R&B and gospel artists with the goal of engaging and reaching 500,000 eligible

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Source: Homepage -

California Senate Okays ACA 5: Affirmative Action Decision Moves to Voters

Senator Steve Bradford (D-Los

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

3.5 magnitude quake rattles sections of Portmore

The Earthquake Unit is reporting that a magnitude 3.5 earthquake was felt in sections of the island this

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

PNP ‘gravely concerned’ about Gov’t silence as US takes aim at Cuba - Party wants administration to issue statement condemning bill targeting medical missions

The People’s National Party said it is “gravely concerned” that the Government has not yet made a statement on the attempt by the United States to introduce legislation targeting countries that hire Cuban healthcare workers through medical

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

POV: Changing Racist Hearts: Police brutality

During the 1980s, conflict raged between South Africa’s white minority Afrikaner government and the black majority

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Eazy-E’s daughters beef over Megan Thee Stallion’s new single ‘Girls In The Hood’

(Credit: MegantheeStallion and Easy

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Source: theGrio

Liverpool win Premier League title with seven games to spare

LONDON (Reuters) – Thirty years of hurt came to an end for Liverpool when they were confirmed as Premier League champions yesterday courtesy of second-placed Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat by

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Technology entities donate tablets to children of sanitation workers

Twenty new Geo-X tablet computers have been handed over to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) for the children of sanitation workers to aid in their access to online learning while schools remain

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Keith Lowenfield

Of these 185,260 votes he allocated 125,010 to the coalition, and 56,628 to the PPP/C, in other words inverting the result of the recount which put that party ahead of the incumbent in

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

PTUZ mobilises for boycott of exams invigilation

A COMBATIVE teachers’ union has psyched up the educators to boycott invigilating the June examinations until government complies with a High Court ruling ordering it to equip schools with facilities to prevent the spread of

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Psychologist discusses toll injustice takes on Black people

LOS ANGELES — Police brutality, daily protests, systemic racism, unemployment, looters destroying property, COVID-19, stay-at-home-orders, the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, black men (Malcolm Harsch and Robert Fuller) found hanging from

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Source: Homepage -

Big COVID-19 risk

LONDON, England (AP) — Police around the southern English coastal town of Bournemouth urged people to stay away yesterday as thousands defied coronavirus social distancing rules and flocked to local beaches on what is the UK's hottest day of the year so

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Foster-Allen: Vital learning skills lost during summer

She noted that summer school is helpful in the transition process for students moving to another phase of education; for example, from early childhood to primary school, and whether academic, sports or culturally based, they offer a service to parents, especially working

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Mayor De Blasio to install Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has a message for the Trump Administration: Black Lives

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Blood On The Leaves and Blood At The Roots | Afro

We should burn some incense, light some sage, and then do to White supremacy what White folks did to Black Wall Street and

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

This Day in History — June 26

1998: US President Bill Clinton opens a State visit to China in Tiananmen Square, where a protest movement for democracy was brutally suppressed nine years

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Joy Reid Set To Become First Black Woman To Anchor Cable News During Prime-Time Slot

Joy Reid is set to make her mark in the history books as the first Black woman to anchor prime-time

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Source: MadameNoire

Oakland School Board Votes To Eliminate Its Police Department

The school board in Oakland, California, unanimously voted on Wednesday to dismantle the school district’s police department — making the district the latest to cut ties with law enforcement amid nationwide anti-racism

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Let's set our children free

Juneteenth marks the date in 1865 when many Black slaves in Texas finally learned they were free from federal troops arriving in Galveston after the end of the Civil War, more than two and a half years after President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in the

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Georgia legislature agrees to tax on vaping products | The Atlanta Voice

Thursday evening, the Georgia House of Representatives voted in favor of creating a 7% tax on vaping products, Senate Bill 375, passing

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

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