‘Low-income’ voters could determine the 2020 Presidential Election

Trump Administration Officials to Black America: 'Coronavirus Pandemic is Your Fault'

According to a top official in President Donald Trump’s administration, the poor health of African Americans is the primary reason for the nation’s devastatingly high coronavirus

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Despite Global Reopening Push, Some Jobs are Gone for Good | Afro

That’s the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from restaurants in Thailand to car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that’s accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global

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Coronavirus Update: Global Deaths Hit 400,000 As U.S. Infections Swell Amid Protests

Although wearing protective eye coverings to ward off COVID-19 has not been recommended to the general public by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, evidence is growing that shows the virus can be transmitted through the eyes via droplets from coughing, sneezing and even

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As MLK asked in 1967, Where Do We Go from Here: Community or Chaos?

Over the years, this column has reported on racial disparities in homeownership, family wealth, the lack of access to affordable credit, and the pattern of alternative financial services preying upon communities of color by charging triple-digit interest rates on small-dollar

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Africa: WE CANNOT REMAIN SILENT!

Dakar — Africans in Africa and Around the World in Solidarity With African-American Sisters And Brothers

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New Orleans’ First Black District Attorney Eddie Jordan Jr.

President Clinton’s time in office saw Jordan, a Democrat, appointed as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District in

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Black America’s Conflicted History with the Insurrection Act

Cotton appeared on Fox News where he offered, “[I]f necessary, the president should use the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty military forces to these cities to support our local law enforcement and ensure that this violence ends tonight . . .not one more

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Uganda: Energy Ministry Prefers Imported Transformers

This has left local transformer manufacturers stuck with their products despite President's Museveni's directive requiring all Ministries, Departments and Agencies to support the 'Buy Uganda Build

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Kenya: Bodabodas, Security Guards and Others Ignore Health Guidelines

Ole Sereni, a four-star hotel bordering Nairobi National Park, has introduced social distancing conferencing in which seats are about two metres apart in all

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Kenya: Catholic Sister Receives the Presidential Order of Service Uzalendo Award

Nairobi — Sr Winnie Mutuku of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul, has received the Presidential Order of service Uzalendo Award for her outstanding contribution to the fight against corona virus in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Cory Booker and Kamala Harris speak out against Rand Paul amendment | New York Carib News

Paul, who has been holding up popular bipartisan legislation to make lynching a federal crime, came to the Senate floor in Washington to add an amendment to the anti-lynching legislation and then pass

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Source: The New York Carib News

Anti-lockdown protest in Madagascar over alleged police brutality

A scuffle broke out between protesters and police in Madagascar Wednesday as citizens took to the street to denounce anti-lockdown measures to contain

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'Having a Hot Moment': Fans Poke Fun at Trina Braxton After She Reveals She's Going Through Menopause During a Car Ride with Her Husband

Trina Braxton broke out in a sweat on Monday, June 1, and it wasn’t because of the hot Georgia

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Coronavirus Update: New Autopsy Report Reveals George Floyd Tested Positive For COVID-19

George Floyd, whose death has sparked worldwide massive protests, tested positive for the coronavirus in a new autopsy report released on

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Source: Black America Web

#WendysIsOverParty Trends After Wendy’s Donates $400,000 To Trump

The fast-food chain Wendy’s is now being canceled after social media users find out that the CEO donated over $400,000 to President Donald

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

Malawi: Police IG Summons Chilima's Bodyguards Over Shooting in Machinga

The acting Inspector General (IG) of Police Duncan Mwapasa has summoned police officers assigned to the Vice President Saulos Chilima after they used live bullets to shoot in Machinga on Friday when political violence reared its ugly head again ahead of fresh presidential

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'These Employees Need to be Trained Better': Jennifer Williams Speaks Out About a Time a Store Owner Accused Her of Using Counterfeit Money

On Memorial Day, a grocery store employee from Cup Foods accused Floyd of buying cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill and dialed

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We must brace our elections for COVID-19

Whether it was through poll taxes and literacy tests, or gerrymandering and voter ID laws today, underrepresented communities have always had to fight to ensure their right to

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Investigator: Ahmaud Arbery Suspects Hit Him with Truck Before Fatal Shooting, Used Racial Slur After

In a hearing to determine whether there was enough evidence to proceed with a murder trial, the lead Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent in the case testified that Travis and Greg McMichael and a third man in another pickup, William “Roddie” Bryan, used their trucks to chase down and box in

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Angola's Vice President to Sue for Libel

Luanda — The authors of information circulating on social media alleging the involvement of the Angola's Vice President Bornito de Sousa in the country's massacre of May 27, 1977, should be brought to

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Black Winemaker Launches 'Love-Infused' Wine After Loss Of Wife

Through blood, sweat and tears Long was able to push their dream forward, and fulfill what they started in a garage years ago — with the creation of Longevity Wines — what he likes to call, “a love infused

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Will demonstrations lead to substantive change?

During a Thursday City Council hearing, Councilor Andrea Campbell outlined her priority reforms including full implementation of body cameras, a civilian review board, transparency in the department’s database of stops and searches and clear protocols for use of force by police officers — all

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It’s time for America to address systemic racism

The justified uprisings we see erupting across the nation — from New York City to Philadelphia to Atlanta to Minneapolis to Louisville to Salt Lake City to Los Angeles — are in fact the rebellion of a people who are responding to the daily massacres that they have experienced for generations in

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Source: The Bay State Banner

Petal Mayor Refuses to Resign after disturbing George Floyd Tweet – The Mississippi Link

A white Mississippi mayor is receiving backlash after tweeting insensitive comments amid the controversial death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, who died recently while in police custody after a white policeman kneeled on his neck for nine and a half

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Around The World: Black Lives Matter

While mourners filed past George Floyd’s body in a Free Will Baptist church in his hometown of Raeford, N.C., just 12 days after he was killed under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, tens of thousands of people across the country and around the world came together to protest his

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Impact of COVID-19 on democracy in Africa [Interview with Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh]

As Africa battles COVID-19 experts believe the pandemic will have an impact on elections and democracy in various African

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

BREONNA TAYLOR WOULD HAVE TURNED 27 TODAY

Breonna Taylor, the woman who was shot and killed in her home by Louisville Metro Police on March 13th during a botched late-night raid, would have been 27-years-old

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Georgia must remove voting obstacles, protect voters on Tuesday

ATLANTA— All Voting is Local Georgia State Director Aklima Khondoker issued the following statement in response to reports of unnecessary obstacles voters faced on Friday, the last day of early voting in Georgia, including: waits of up to seven hours to cast a ballot, polling place closures, and

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After Stating 'No Good Person of Color' Has Been Killed by Police, California Mayor Resigns

A Southern California city mayor has resigned after apologizing for an email that he wrote that stated he didn’t “believe there’s ever been a good person of color killed by a police officer” according to The

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Changing the World

George Floyd’s six-year-old daughter Gianna looked on quizzically while her mother gave a heart wrenching description of what the death of her father would mean throughout the

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