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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

In fact, its global impact might have resulted in this being the first time that individuals can truly identify with what people residing in other parts of the world are

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COVID-19 blamed for one-year construction delay for MoBay bypass

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been blamed for pushing back, by a year, the start of construction on the highly anticipated US$22-million Montego Bay bypass

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

St Mary man charged with shooting, illegal possession of firearm

The St Ann Police have charged 28-year-old Kevin Mitchell, otherwise called ‘Frost’, a labourer of Retreat, St Mary with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition as well as three counts of shooting with

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Study Finds Black Lives Matter Protests Didn’t Lead to Growth in Coronavirus Cases – Free Press of Jacksonville

According to a new study published earlier this month by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the nationwide demonstrations don’t appear to be linked to spikes in coronavirus

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Biden, Trump Stage Rare Dueling Events in Pandemic Era

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Both President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, are swinging through key battleground states on Thursday, presenting dueling events in a way that hasn’t happened much in the age of coronavirus and that will showcase their contrasting styles in response to

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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

ACH Clear Pathways purchases Kaufmann Center in Hill District

In fact, as the organization ACH Clear Pathways celebrated its groundbreaking of a new addition to the Kaufmann Center, the building in the Hill District now owned by ACH Clear Pathways, Dr. Butler joked about his moment to speak to the crowd, sandwiched in between well-known local orators like

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Activists demand that local officials drop support for Lacey

LOS ANGELES – Several Black activists are demanding that local officials withdraw their support of embattled District Attorney Jackie Lacey or face mass protests and political opposition during their own election campaigns this

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Mixed views in health sector about new coronavirus cases

While Dr Marcia Johnson-Campbell, St James’ chief medical officer of health, thinks the parish is equipped to handle the most recent cases of COVID-19 in the aftermath of the opening of the nation’s border, therapist Dr Beverly Scott is concerned about the nation’s psychological

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Gas prices up $1.03, diesel up $0.25

Gas prices have gone up by $1.03 as of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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

Morehouse School of Medicine Joins the Fight Against COVID-19 with $40 Million HHS Award

On Tuesday, June 23, 2020 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a partnership with the Morehouse School of Medicine to help in the fight against COVID-19 in racial, ethnic minority, rural and other vulnerable

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Fired! Nurse ‘Karen’ Loses Her Job For ‘Black Privilege’ Video Blaming George Floyd’s Death On Himself

But this time around, Karen — presented in the form of a nurse — seemed to not only be cognizant of her disdain for Black folks, but she also advertised it while recording a selfie video complaining about “Black privilege” (which, of course, doesn’t exist) and suggested George Floyd was to blame

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Source: NewsOne

St Andrew man charged in relation to $250,000 robbery

Twenty-six-year-old Kemar Whyte, otherwise called ‘Brief Man’, a scrap metal worker of Riverton Meadows, St Andrew has been charged with robbery with aggravation and illegal possession of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

New Prairie View AD looks forward to taking on challenge of The Hill

Dr. Donald Reed, a longtime senior athletic administrator at the University of Buffalo, has a huge task ahead as he assumes control as the new athletic director at Prairie View A&M University this

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Political ombudsman, police commissioner hold election campaigning talks

Political Ombudsman, Donna Parchment Brown, and Commissioner of Police, Major Antony Anderson, have met to discuss the state of readiness of Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) liaison officers in light of upcoming election campaigning

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

We Can’t Let This Moment Pass

I was deeply moved by the reading, and felt it was critical in this moment that a United States Senator from the Deep South stand on the Senate floor and declare that Black Lives

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

MoBay Bypass project delayed until 2022

Construction of the Montego Bay Bypass in St James has been pushed back to 2022 instead of next year, the National Road Operating and Constructing Company (NROCC) has

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

114-year-old Ethiopian recovers from COVID-19

Meanwhile, in South Africa the death is reported of a two-day-old baby after being born prematurely to a coronavirus positive

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Stacy Brown-Philpot Leaves As TaskRabbit CEO, Reportedly Will Help Run SoftBank's New $100 Million Fund

Among a handful of powerful black women in Silicon Valley, Stacy Brown-Philpot is exiting as CEO of TaskRabbit Inc. to help run the $100 million Opportunity Growth Fund backed by

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Anchored in Milwaukee, 2020 Democratic National Convention will be a "Convention Across America"

The DNCC reiterated the Democratic Party’s commitment to holding a convention that would protect public health while transforming the convention experience for delegates and

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

Attorney Ben Crump to speak, receive honorary degree at Lincoln University’s 161st commencement

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – Lincoln University President Brenda A. Allen announced today renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Benjamin Crump will speak at the 161st

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

New Adventures with Princess Tiana Coming to Disneyland Park and Magic Kingdom Park | Dallas Weekly

We pick up this story after the final kiss, and join Princess Tiana and Louis on a musical adventure – featuring some of the powerful music from the film – as they prepare for their first-ever Mardi Gras

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Source: Dallas Weekly

First round of applications to open for business recovery grants | The Crusader Newspaper Group

$85 million available for small businesses impacted by COVID-19, civil unrest

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

West Side graduate expresses positivity within NCAA sports | The Crusader Newspaper Group

As a 17-year-old graduating senior from Westinghouse College Prep, Lee was destined to experience prom as well as a formal

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Meteorological agency calls for action to avert mudslide disasters in Freetown

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Does Joe Biden’s Vice President have to be a Black woman?

The growing disdain for Biden among young Democratic voters has been predicted to dwindle with the promise of a Black woman as vice president, but for many, this is not the

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Source: Chicago Defender

Justice For Elijah McClain: How The Police ‘Murder’ Of Black Colorado Man Is Being Revisited

Millions of people have called for Colorado officials to reopen the investigation into the death of Elijah McClain back in August 2019 after he was stopped by Aurora cops who used a carotid hold on him, more commonly known as the

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Source: NewsOne

Governor General suspends use of insignia depicting black man as 'Satan'

Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has suspended personal use of the controversial insignia of the Order of St Michael and St

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Bryan Andrew Wilson Gets Married [PHOTOS]

Source: Erick Robinson / Bryan Andrew Wilson

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Source: Black America Web

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