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Trump signs police reform executive order that focuses on training, falls short of protesters’ demands

President Trump on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 addressed the issue of police brutality by taking executive action that would provide incentives for police departments to increase training about the use of force and to strengthen a national database to track

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Nigeria: World Bank - With More Transparency, Govt Recovers U.S.$3 Billion From Oil Sector

The World Bank and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the global standard for the promotion of openness in the oil, gas and mineral resources management, have said Nigeria has so far recovered about $3 billion as a result of more transparency in the

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Trump entrenched in failed strategy as virus surges and polling drops | The Atlanta Voice

Consumed with what he views as unfair coverage of his administration, Trump hasn’t articulated a new plan to contain the spreading virus and last spoke to his top public health advisers weeks ago, those advisers said this

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Trump rally on Juneteenth in Tulsa called 'slap in the face'

OKLAHOMA CITY — Black community and political leaders are calling on President Donald Trump to at least change the date of an Oklahoma rally kick-starting his return to public campaigning, saying that holding the event on Juneteenth, the day that marks the end of slavery in America, is a “slap in

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ORS™ creates new relief initiative for Black hairstylists

One of the hardest groups hit has been workers without traditional jobs who are self-employed and cannot claim unemployment like hair salon professionals and independent

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Seeing This Revolution Through A Wider Lens

Mayor James Butts of Inglewood shared his experience as chief of police and serving in law

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On Juneteenth: A Call for Tech to Act to Combat Racial Inequality

6:19-8:46: Jesse Jackson’s PUSHTech2020 and the UK-based Colorintech launches a call for the tech Industry to make transparent, measurable commitments to fighting systemic racial injustice”Jesse Jackson’s PUSHTech2020 and the UK-based Colorintech launches a call for the tech Industry to make

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Speculation grows over date of next election in Sierra Leone

It will be recalled that the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Candidate, Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio, and the All Peoples Congress (APC) Candidate, Dr. Samura Matthew Wilson Kamara, emerged first and second respectively, during the first round of the fiercely contested presidential election held

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Obamas, Beyonce Deliver Speeches During YouTube Virtual Ceremony

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Barack Obama said in a commencement speech Sunday that the nationwide protests following the recent deaths of unarmed black women and men including George Floyd were fueled from “decades worth of anguish, frustration, over unequal treatment and a failure to perform

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Source: Black America Web

Black Student Loan Debt Should Be An Issue For All Of Us

Black people often end up in the demographic struggling to repay student loan debt for a variety of socio-economic reasons caused by systemic racism that wreaks havoc on generation after generation in a cruel cycle of poverty and resource

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Edwards, Isaiah (1913-1994)

Isaiah Edwards was a community activist and advocate in Seattle’s Central Area. Isaiah Edwards and his wife, Marie, moved from Topeka, Kansas, to Seattle in 1942 to work at Boeing. Edwards worked for 40 years at Boeing as a maintenance dispatcher without missing a day, and also found time for

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1.5 Million More Laid-Off Workers Seek Unemployment Benefits

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring some people back to

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Egypt: Govt in Talks but Still Against Dam Project

As talks over the Nile waters resumed on June 10, Egypt continued to defend its objections to Ethiopia's plan to start filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in

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Source: allAfrica.com

HHS Announces Partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine to Fight COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority and Vulnerable Communities

$40 Million Initiative Will Help Communities Hardest Hit by the Pandemic

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Ramaphosa warns of more job losses in South Africa

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Latest On Covid 19 Aid!

With many vital programs set to expire such as , the additional $600 for unemployment, the heat was on for congressional leaders to meet and approve a new

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

Tunisia Nears Zero Coronavirus Cases As it Eyes Tourism

Now on the verge of being the first country in North Africa to reopen its borders, its people are torn between economic and health

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Source: allAfrica.com

Investments Into Labor Force Change Lives | Afro

A company called R Investments is working on the two major crises that America is facing today, systemic racism and COVID-19, by transforming the process of education and preparing a new workforce that is ready to begin careers after learning

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Meet the Black Ballerina and Entrepreneur Helping People Heal From their Trauma

Tyde-Courtney Edwards, founding director of Ballet After Dark, is a classically trained black ballerina, art model, and survivor of sexual assault who is on a mission to help others heal from their trauma through the art of

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

Dangote leads Nigeria to become one of the biggest cement exporter in the world

To reaffirm its status as the biggest cement producer in Africa, Dangote Cement has set the pace with the exportation of 27,800 metric tonnes of clinker to a neighbouring African

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Opinion: Too Many African American Children Are Born in Shackles

Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist — often created by red-lining — worsened by savage inequality of schools and health care and job

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Fight family homelessness with Dream Builders Rickey Smiley, Kelly Price, Angela Yee and more

Featuring, Angela Yee, Bakari Sellers, April Ryan, Rickey Smiley, Kelly Price and Ken Ford

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Former CEO/Publisher of OkayPlayer Abiola Oke Responds To Allegations, Victims Fire Back

On Thursday (Jun 26), Abiola Oke took to social media to respond to allegations that he subjected Black women employees to a hostile working

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Source: The Urban Daily

Joe Biden Takes Firm Stand Against Police Murder of George Floyd

After going out to personally meet with demonstrators in Delaware, presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden has taken a firm stand against the police killing of George Floyd and the overall plight of African Americans who’ve been targeted, brutalized and killed by law enforcement

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Source: The Florida Star

A Second Stimulus Check? Here’s How Much Money You Could Get | The Oklahoma Eagle

By now, most Americans have received the federal stimulus checks directed by the CARES Act in March to help consumers weather the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

For Those Still Seeking Unemployment Benefits in the Age of COVID-19

According to White, for those who previously filed an Unemployment Insurance (UI) claim within the last 52 weeks and have not exhausted their benefits, to receive benefits they are required to reopen their claim to resume those

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

Thyra J. Edwards: Noted as One of the Most Outstanding Black Women in the World

Thyra J. Edwards was a world lecturer, journalist, labor organizer, women's rights advocate, and civil rights activist. She was highly respected by her peers and people throughout the community where she provided services. Edwards was often heralded as 'one of the most outstanding Black women in

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New Bill Would Give Americans a $4,000 Tax Credit to Travel

New Bill Would Give Americans a $4,000 Tax Credit to travel industry has been severely impacted by the global spread of COVID-19 pandemic, which has to forced international borders to close down with no social distancing restrictions in

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Too many African American children are born in shackles

Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist—often created by red-lining— worsened by savage inequality of schools and health care and job

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