FAITH: Encouragement for the Discouraged

Coronavirus crisis is frightening for White folk, scarier still...

CNN Health reported on May 9, “Black Americans represent 13.4% of the U.S. population…but counties with higher Black populations account for more than half of all COVID-19 cases and almost 60% of the

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

COVID-19 — Even During a Killer Pandemic Trump Tests Positive for Racism ⋆

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The FBI assesses hate crime incidents against Asian Americans likely will surge across the United States, due to the spread of coronavirus disease … endangering Asian American communities,” read a report compiled by the FBI’s Houston office and sent to local law enforcement across

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Source: The Toledo Journal

Gen. Mark Milley Apologizes For Appearing In A Photo-Op With President Trump

Gen. Mark Milley has apologized for appearing in a photo-op with President Trump after authorities used tear gas and rubber bullets to clear the area from peaceful protesters.

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Source: Stories About Black History

Police Murder of George Floyd Sparks Uprisings Across America

From the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to the Streets of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Louisville, Atlanta, Washington, DC, and New York City, and the bright lights of the Big Apple, African Americans are expressing outrage over the police killing of George Floyd, the

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Source: The Florida Star

Never-ending wars in “Da 5 Bloods”

It’s very much like the notably fearless Lee to invoke American cinema’s most memorable treatise on the Vietnam War so early in his

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Flo Rida Teams With His Medical Doctor To Set Up COVID-19 Mobile Testing Site

The latest rapper to take it upon himself to do what our government should be doing is Miami’s own Flo Rida as TMZ is reporting that the “My House” rapper teamed up with his personal doctor to open up a mobile coronavirus testing center to help people take tests to learn if they have the deadly

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Source: The Urban Daily

Newswire : Trump says he’ll deploy military to states if they don’t stop violent protests

Escalating his rhetoric during a period of roiling national crises, President Trump on Monday threatened to deploy the U.S. military to cities or states that don’t take “necessary” actions to halt violent protests, saying the armed forces will “quickly solve the problem for

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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper

UN virus therapy trial pauses hydroxychloroquine testing

GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that it will temporarily drop hydroxychloroquine — the anti-malarial drug US President Trump says he is taking — from its global study into experimental COVID-19 treatments, saying that its experts need to review all

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For The First Time, Clarence Thomas Tells His Story on Television – Free Press of Jacksonville

Clarence Thomas, the famously silent jurist, tells his own life story in a new documentary, “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words” which makes its national television debut May 18 on

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

Snoop Dogg Explains Why He's Never Voted And What Changed His Mind

Snoop Dogg is ready to bring his protest against the current President of the United States to the ballot box this

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Pastor Darrell Scott Claims Once Again That Trump is the ‘Most Pro-Black President in my Lifetime’

Pastor Darrell Scott, one of President Trump‘s biggest supporters, has stated that the president “has been the most pro-black president in my lifetime,” according to

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Biden and BLM must set aside differences, focus on beating Trump

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

Sen. Blackburn: Biden comment 'shows what the Democrats think of African-American voters'

Former Vice President Joe Biden may have walked back his controversial comment about black voters made during a Friday radio interview, but Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., insists it reveals a truth about not just the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, but his party as

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Movie review: ‘The King of Staten Island’

If you haven’t found Pete Davidson funny after six years on “Saturday Night Live,” two hours watching his semi-biographical film “The King of Staten Island” likely won’t change your

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Source: South Florida Times

Charles Payne says he’s ‘proud’ 404,000 black Americans received jobs in June

Fox Business host Charles Payne reacts to Trump stating ‘African American workers made historic gains in the June jobs report’ on

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Source: Fox News - Breaking News Updates | Latest News Headlines | Photos & News Videos

Meet the black Republican woman trying to unseat civil rights icon John Lewis | Afro

Stanton-King could use a dose of that reality herself, according to Dwight Bullard, political director of New Florida Majority, an organization that supports progressive Democrats and people of

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Africa: Coronavirus "Information Heroes" - Journalism That Saves Lives

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has compiled a list of 30 coronavirus "information heroes" - 30 journalists, whistleblowers and media outlets whose courage, perseverance or capacity to innovate has helped to circulate reliable and vital information during the Covid-19

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Source: allAfrica.com

Spike Lee says he feels ‘good’ about current protests

Director Spike Lee did what he does best and created a short film right after the killing of George

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Opinion: The Signs Say Black Lives Matter. Yet the Very People Who Are Supposed to Protect Us too Often, in too Many Places, Don’t Seem to Agree. | Post News Group

Three police officers stood and watched as a fourth, Derek Chauvin, knelt on

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Source: Post News Group | PNG

Active Duty Troops On Standby Outside Washington, D.C., Being Sent Back To Home Bases

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Source: Stories About Black History

ESSENCE Insights Survey finds that most Black Mothers worry their children will be victims of police

ESSENCE Insights Survey Finds That More Than ThreeQuarters of Black Mothers Worry Their Children Will Be Victims of Police Brutality

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

The doctors who cried wolf and other commentary

Science desk: The Docs Who Cried Wolf

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Source: New York Post

Meet the black Republican woman trying to unseat civil rights icon John Lewis

Stanton-King could use a dose of that reality herself, according to Dwight Bullard, political director of New Florida Majority, an organization that supports progressive Democrats and people of

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Source: South Florida Times

Protesters Fell Confederate Monument In D.C., Provoking Trump's Fury

Another Confederate monument has fallen — this time in a city where such memorials were understandably rare to begin with: the

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Source: Stories About Black History

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Reportedly to Be Released Early From Prison

Detroit, MI — According to Fox 2 Detroit and the Ebony Foundation, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been granted an early release from

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Source: http://www.blacknews.com

In Letter to Congress: Black Wealth 2020 Sends Plea for Unity in Pandemic Relief | Afro

Black-Owned Businesses Got Little Relief Under PPP

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Twitter dings lawmaker for ‘glorifying violence’ in antifa tweet –

Twitter placed a warning on a tweet from a Florida congressman about hunting

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Source: Florida Courier

Dave Chappelle discusses George Floyd's death in surprise comedy special

In a new comedy special called 8:46, comedian Dave Chappelle addressed the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis as well as the nationwide protests that

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Source: theGrio

Roger Goodell On Colin Kaepernick's Possible Return to NFL: 'I Welcome That'

Roger Goodell On Colin Kaepernick's Possible Return to NFL: 'I Welcome

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Source: Stories About Black History

News Brief: Minn. Protests, Texas COVID Testing Sites, Trump Tweet

Now, at that point, video shows police on top of him, including a white officer with a knee on

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Source: Stories About Black History

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