CDC Backs Boosters for High-Risk Kids Aged 5-11, Shorter Time Between Shots
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday backed the emergency use approval of the Pfizer booster shot for high-risk kids between the ages of 5 and 11, along with shortening the time period between a second dose and a booster shot from six months to five months. Both approvals
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NNPA CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis to Interview Sophia the Robot at First Tech with Soul Virtual Conference - Garland Journal
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Tech with Soul 2022 also promises to bring together the best and brightest in tech and to create a unique space for people of color technologists to exchange ideas, share their professional journeys, and network with like-minded business and tech
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Buckhead Secessionist Wants Us To Believe He Didn’t Know He Was Retweeting A White Supremacist
Bill White, the chief executive officer of the Buckhead City Committee, got his hand caught in the racist cookie jar after he retweeted then deleted a tweet from a well-documented white supremacist page.
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Atlanta has new mayor, Andre Dickens sworn in - Atlanta Tribune
Andre Dickens, was officially sworn in at 2:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3 as Atlanta’s 61st mayor. The ceremony was held at Dickens’ alma mater, Georgia Tech. Dickens was a City of Atlanta council member, businessman, nonprofit executive, engineer, speaker, deacon, father, and native Atlantan before
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Here’s why startup funding in the Maghreb ecosystem is low | TechCabal
The Magregion has several problems that, if not resolved soon, may not only continue to shrink the potential of its burgeoning startup sector but could bury it completely.
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Rocky Mount Clerk Arrested on Simple Assault For Beating A Black Man Who Had A Seizure
A Rocky Mount, North Carolina, convenience store clerk was arrested after he was captured on video beating a Black man as he suffered a seizure.
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East Africa: 2021 - EAC Integration and Bid to Salvage 'The Dream'
[New Times] In his closing statement at the virtual 18th extra-ordinary Summit of the East African Community Heads of State, on December 22, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, said that "despite the many achievements our Community has secured," more work still remains to be done.
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Peter Mutharika, Kondwani Nankhumwa clash over Bingu wa Mutharika - The Times Group Malawi
Former president Peter Mutharika, who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader, Monday chided his vice for the Southern Region and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa for allegedly using the face of former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika on a campaign
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Make 2022 Your Year for a Free Memory Screening - BlackDoctor.org
When it comes to routine health screenings, resolve to include a memory assessment in 2022. The Alzheimer's Foundation of America offers routine screenings that are both virtual and free every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The process is quick, taking about 10 to 15 minutes. It includes a series of
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Electoral Bill: Expunge mandatory direct primary clauses, IPAC tells National Assembly
“…..the country, at this stage of its democracy, does not appear to be sufficiently ripe and prepared for the direct primary election model in the selection of political party flag
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Last parent of a child killed in 1963 church bombing dies - The Atlanta Voice
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Maxine McNair, the last living parent of any of the four Black girls killed in a 1963 Alabama church bombing, died Sunday. She was 93. McNair’s family announced her death in a press release. A cause of death was not given. McNair’s daughter, 11-year-old Den
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Zanu PF internal poll meddling a harbinger to election crisis - NewsDay Zimbabwe
Bimha’s pivot speaks to the perils of his job, a thankless task that often has no winners. The post Zanu PF internal poll meddling a harbinger to election crisis appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Rest In Power: Notable Black Folks Who We’ve Lost In 2022
Best known for his role as the pimp Goldie in the Blaxploitation film “The Mack,” Julien also co-wrote the screenplay for “Cleopatra Jones.”
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Points Finger At Black Women After Twitter Permanently Suspends Her
Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene got her personal Twitter account permanently suspended for spreading misinformation about COVID-19. In response, she took shots at Maxine Waters, Ilhan Omar, Kamala Harris and others.
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“Tell Them I Didn’t Take No Sh*t,”
Is what dad told us days before he passed away from natural causes in his Washington, DC, home on December 6, 2021 (of course, Monday Night Football was playing on his TV). As his sons, we can…
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Outspoken Democratic Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Puts On Blast The ‘Sexual Frustrations’ Of Republicans - The Seattle Medium
AOC told her more than 12.8 million followers that the GOP’s obsession with her is “starting to get old, ignoring the very obvious, strange and deranged sexual frustrations that underpin the Republican fixation on me, women, LGBT, and people in
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Bobby Rush, The Only Person To Defeat Barack Obama, To Retire After 30 Years In Congress - The New York Beacon
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), the only person to win an election againstBarack Obama, is expected to announce Tuesday that he will retire after his 15th term in Congress. Rush, 75, a longtime civil rights activist, told theChicago Sun-Timeshe made the decision in recent weeks. His
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NPR Star Audie Cornish Says She's Joining 'The Great Resignation'
The "All Things Considered" host is leaving after nearly a decade on the radio show.
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Anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is harming Black people—and his family legacy—with his vaccine misinformation campaign
What happened to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and why isn’t he more like his father? A prominent anti-vaxxer—son of the The post Anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is harming Black people—and his family legacy—with his vaccine misinformation campaign appeared first on TheGrio.
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Twitter Finally Shuts Down Account of Racist Congresswoman from Georgia
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Greene has repeatedly been the instigator of derisive rhetoric and blatantly false information. She once referred to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as a member of the “Jihad Squad.” Before her election to Congress, Greene visited the Washington, D.C. office of New York Congresswoman
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NNPA CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis to Interview Sophia the Robot at First Tech with Soul Virtual Conference | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Tech with Soul 2022 also promises to bring together the best and brightest in tech and to create a unique space for people of color technologists to exchange ideas, share their professional journeys, and network with like-minded business and tech
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FDA Authorizes Pfizer Booster Shots for Kids 12-15
According to the latest reports, new Covid infections have hit a pandemic high in the U.S., due in large part to the highly contagious omicron variant.
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New Jersey Author Creates Books Empowering Black Girls To Love Their 'Princess Hair' - Blavity
Sharee Miller has been inspired to create books to empower children of color to feel beautiful and proud of their “princess
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Ben Jealous: Biden’s promise for diverse judges and federal court diversity | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Ben Jealous (TriceEdneyWire.com)—One of the most important reasons to vote Donald Trump out of the White House was to stop him from packing our federal courts witheven moreanti-voting-rights, anti-equality, pro-corporate judges. Stopping the flood of bad Trump judges was a huge accomplishment
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South Sudan: Sudanese Face Economic Chaos With Return of Bashir-Era Brutality
[RFI] The Sudanese military is more firmly in power since the resignation of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday, as demonstrators continue to protest the army crackdown that has left dozens dead. While Hamdok's resignation came as no surprise, Sudanese people are bracing for a difficult 2022.
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Africa Must Get Up to Speed On Cyber Diplomacy
Analysis - The continent cannot afford a back seat in upcoming global decisions on digital security and future tech.
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On This Day In Black History: Barack Obama Celebrates Winning Iowa Caucuses With Legendary Victory Speech
On Jan. 3, 2008, first-term U.S. Senator from Illinois Barack Obama made American -- and Black -- history by winning the Iowa Caucuses on his way to becoming the first-ever African American president of the United States.
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President Biden Proclaims January As National Human Trafficking Prevention Month - The Seattle Medium
The heightened awareness of human trafficking comes on the heels of an HBO documentary that finally spotlighted the world of the Black and Missing Foundation, headed by Washington, D.C., based sister-in-law’s Derrica and Natalie
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2022 – A year to put Sierra Leone first – says UN Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone
Babatunde Ahonsi: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 04 January 2022: As challenging as last year was in further knocking developing countries like Sierra Leone off the sustainable development track, due largely to the devastating economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2022 promises to be no better. Among
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After Oxford: What’s Next for Gun Laws Amidst School Shootings?   | The Michigan Chronicle
Jacob Wynn owns a gun and believes despite well-meaning intentions to protect more victims from gunviolence, more rules will not change things. Photo courtesy of Jacob Wynn The Oxford High School shooting in late November left not only victims and their families in the wake of this senseless
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