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APD officer stage sickout after charges brought in Rayshard Brooks case, city on alert

Hours after the charges were announced yesterday against two Atlanta police officers in the killing of 27-year-old Rashard Brooks at an Atlanta fast-food restaurant, the Atlanta Police Department said an unusual number of officers called out sick from the late

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

'Women can't breathe' - #WomensLivesMatter picket outside Cape Town police headquarters

was sung during a #WomensLivesMatter picket in Cape Town on Friday in a protest over gender-based violence, and to call on the police to take more action to prevent it and be more available to

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Change Is A Movement and A Process

We protest the underinvestment in Black neighborhoods, the disparity in health outcomes, and the criminalization of Black

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Newswire: Trump team attempts to block World Court from investigating possible U. S. war crimes

A new Trump executive order threatening the court’s operations has been condemned by prominent global institutions and individuals as it appears to give cover to human rights abuses committed in the course of U.S. foreign wars while demanding accountability from foreign countries in similar

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

Let’s be wary of false prophets

ON Monday, church leaders, who gathered at State House at the invitation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for a national day of prayer and fasting, declared the end of COVID-19, saying Zimbabwe would henceforth not record new cases

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

DACA Advocate On Next Steps After Supreme Court Ruling

DACA recipients and advocates are celebrating the Supreme Court ruling to halt President Trump's bid to end the DACA

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Source: Stories About Black History

Black Lives Matter, According to Meg •

Because Raheem spoke on behalf of the entire network (he was, after all, its president) Meg felt confident that all Black employees really liked her

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Source: https://www.ebony.com

Mayor Of Kansas City, Mo., Wants To Eliminate Marijuana Offenses

Mayor Quinton Lucas talks to demonstrators during a rally in Kansas City, Mo., on June 5, to protest the death of George

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Source: Stories About Black History

US police reform: Trump to sign executive order on ‘best practice’ | Florida Sentinel Bulletin

US President Donald Trump is due to sign an executive order on police reform, amid anger about the killing African Americans by

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Source: Florida Sentinel Bulletin

China Harbour breaks ground for St Catherine housing scheme

THE Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) on Wednesday officially broke ground for the 1,650-unit Catherine Estate housing project, to be developed in St Catherine, as a joint venture partnership with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), a company known for building roads and

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

The Proud Queer Influence of the Harlem Renaissance

And yet, despite the mainstream claims that homosexuality is a recent enigma, Shoga Films’ documentary, Queer Harlem Renaissance: A Prospectus, is fighting to re-establish the history of Black Queerness and its struggle against the Black Elite’s steady social concessions for the White

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

More Black athletes join the fight for justice

But for a couple of decades, beginning in the 1990s and until recent years, it was rare for Black athletes to speak out on social issues for fear of aliening fans, sponsors, management, or their own personal

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Calls For Juneteenth To Become A National Holiday Gain Steam

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed an executive order to make Juneteenth a holiday for New York state employees and has said that he will propose legislation next year to make June 19 a state

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Despite Siding With Kyrie Irving, Lakers Believe Dwight Howard Will Play In Orlando

Source: Katelyn Mulcahy / Getty

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

High-Ranking Black Woman in Trump Administration Resigns Over Racial Injustice

One of the highest-ranking black women in the Trump administration has announced that she is resigning due to President Donald Trump’s handling of the recent racial injustice and police brutality protests, according to Business

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Historic Greenwood Chamber of Commerce Launches National Campaign to Restore the Original Black Wall Street

The Historic Greenwood Chamber of Commerce announced during a June 18 press conference they are launching a campaign to raise funds to restore Black Wall Street, a once affluent black

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Brother Malcolm’s Message to “Sincere Whites”

Many people, Black and White, are slapping high fives and shouting Hallelujah over the sizeable number of Whites marching to protest the brutal lynching of George Floyd by a White police

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

Atlanta Police Call Out Sick Over Charges in Fatal Shooting | Afro

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police officers called out sick to protest the filing of murder charges against an officer who shot a Black man in the back, while the interim chief acknowledged members of the force feel abandoned amid protests demanding massive changes to

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

When the protesting ends, do you just go home? –

There is a groundswell in America, and there have been multiracial protests and demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd by four Minnesota

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Source: Florida Courier

‘Political Stunt’: Botham Jean’s Mom Calls Out Trump’s Messaging Amid Executive Order

Source: Stewart F. House / Getty

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Source: NewsOne

UNITY IN DAYTONA –

About 500 people participated in the “I Can’t Breathe’’ protest in Daytona Beach the evening of June

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Source: Daytona Times

Four Mozambique policemen jailed for poll observer's murder

Maputo - A Mozambican court on Thursday handed jail terms of up to 24 years to four elite police officers in an unprecedented case for the murder of a poll observer ahead of last year's national

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Source: https://www.news24.com

How Narayanam Nageswara Rao is Reshaping Ncs Sugars for Better Tomorrow

The visionary that he is, Sri Narayanam Nageswara Rao had always dreamt of taking the sugar plant to heights that would be the envy of

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Source: PensacolaVoice.com

Floyd death hastens shift in police pop culture portrayals

New York (AP) – Gary Phillips, a prize-winning crime novelist from Los Angeles, grew up on TV shows that showed a world nothing like the one he lived

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Source: South Florida Times

Newswire: Rayshard Brooks police shooting was homicide, says Medical Examiner

The death of Rayshard Brooks, a black man killed by a white police officer in Atlanta on Friday, was a homicide caused by gunshot wounds to the back, the Fulton county medical examiner’s office has said, as the US headed into a fourth week of unrest over police

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

Westchester Rotary Club to present scholarships June 24

WESTCHESTER — The Rotary Club of Westchester will present a variety of scholarship awards to some of the area’s best and brightest high school students during a special “drive-through” ceremony and parade beginning at 12:30 p.m. June 24 at the Westchester Family YMCA Annex at 8020 Alverstone

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Source: Homepage -

The Impact of COVID-19 in Our Community: Let’s Not Put Our Health at Risk

New research seems to confirm that, across the nation, the coronavirus has disproportionately impacted Black people, with death rates more than twice as high as that for any other

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

If Black Lives Matter, Black Dads Must Matter

Caring about Black boys and men quickly reveals there is no community that has been harder hit by dad-deprivation than the African-American

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

The compelling case for Green Yoga amid COVID-19

For example in my personal case, my yoga consciousness doesn’t necessarily mean that I am doing asanas, but it translates to maintaining societal hygiene, working towards reducing use of single-use plastics and a passion for trees and

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Emeka Igwe, the attorney who worked tirelessly for no fee to get Elmer Daniels freed after 39 yrs

When African-American Elmer Daniels gave a talk at a forum about his brutal life sentence and wrongful incarceration over alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl, Attorney Emeka Igwe was in the

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

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