Sunday Brew - December 6

Former President Obama Slams Trump's COVID-19 Response As An "Absolute Chaotic Disaster"

“Former President Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an “absolute chaotic disaster “during a conversation with ex-members of his

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Source: The Florida Star

TIAA Virtual Commencement Celebrates Difference Makers

As a part of the efforrt to uplift the community, TIAA celebrated individuals who are committed to making a positive impact on society and on the lives of others who they consider to be next generation of difference-makers last week during their virtual commencement in partnership with Facebook and

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Officials criticize those who aren’t following COVID-19 orders

LOS ANGELES — Following a weekend that saw the reopening of more recreational amenities and increased curbside access to retailers, Los Angeles County health officials said May 18 that hundreds of businesses reopened without adhering to health restrictions, and some beachgoers flouted rules

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Source: Homepage -

Zimbabwe: Mutodi and the Tragicomedy That Mnangagwa's Admin Is

After the bizarre remarks by Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri that the Covid-19 pandemic, which has cost hundreds of thousands of lives globally, was divine punishment for countries that imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, it seemed the dross emanating from the corridors of power could not get

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Source: allAfrica.com

2017 Video Shows Georgia Officer Tried To Stun Ahmaud Arbery

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Source: Black America Web

Covid-19: South Sudan registers two new deaths

South Sudan has registered two new coronavirus deaths, just a day after recording its first virus related

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Rwandan Chili to Be Auctioned on China's e-Commerce Platforms

Rwandan chili is set to be auctioned online in China after local coffee performed well in campaigns targeting consumers on China's e-commerce platforms

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Source: allAfrica.com

Georgia wants federal investigation into killing of runner Ahmaud Arbery

Georgia’s attorney general has asked the US Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who authorities say died at the hands of two white men as he ran through

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Source: https://www.breakingnews.ie

Patton, Lynne (1973- )

In June 2017, Lynne Patton, Vice President of the Eric Trump Foundation and a senior assistant to Eric Trump, was appointed by President Donald Trump to head the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Region II office which manages the department’s activities in New York and New

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Source: Black Past

COVID-19 and America—the fire this time

America cannot advance democracy around the world when it weaponizes the cause of the current global

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Howard Zinn

Best Known

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Kenya: Alarm Over Cross-Border Travel on Lake Victoria Amid COVID-19

Security agencies in Nyanza are grappling with the rising number of foreigners sneaking into Siaya County from neighbouring countries through Lake

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria coronavirus: 5,445 cases, govt explains returnees quarantine bills

May 16: 5,445 cases, govt on evacuees expenses

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

Meet the clergy who won’t stop in-person preaching during COVID-19 – Voice and Viewpoint

Dozens of Christian conservative activists and clergy members defied Virginia’s stay-at-home order and gathered Saturday for a “Pray for VA, Pray for USA

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Africa: Masiyiwa in Call for Collaborative Approach in Fighting COVID-19 in Africa

Businessman Strive Masiyiwa has urged Africans to adopt what he calls the 'ITTIT' formula to fighting the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus epidemic as governments across the continent gradually ease national lockdown restrictions imposed to reign-in the spread of the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Olympic Gold Medalist Ashton Eaton Champions Nike’s Commitment to Preparing Students for Future Success

NIKE, Inc. announces $1.5 million in grants from the Nike School Innovation Fund (NSIF) with the support of two-time Olympic Medalist and Nike athlete Ashton Eaton. Recently retired from sport, Ashton has turned his focus to lending his voice to elevate the efforts of NSIF and champion Oregon

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Source: Savoy Network

(1952) Charlotta Bass, “Acceptance Speech for Vice Presidential Candidate of the Progressive Party”

Los Angeles newspaper owner and political activist Charlotta Bass began her career as a conservative Republican. By the 1940s, however, she moved to the political left. In 1948 she supported Progressive Party candidate Henry Wallace in his failed bid for the Presidency. Four years later she was

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Source: Black Past

Scott $75B Homeowner Assistance Bill Included in HEROES Coronavirus Relief Package

Scott welcomed the inclusion of his legislative proposal to establish a $75 billion Homeowner Assistance Fund to offer relief to consumers and prevent

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Source: Headlines - The Atlanta Inquirer

Biden Says He Would Not Pardon Trump or Block Investigations

The former vice president made his statement in response to a voter who asked him on Lawrence O’Donnell’s show, “The Last Word,” whether he would “commit to not pulling a Gerald Ford in giving Donald Trump a pardon under the pretense of healing the

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Source: Black America Web

South Africa: Unions Insist Deadly Eastern Cape Clinics Must Close

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says it will shut down the Port Elizabeth district office of the Department of Health after two nurses from the Zwide Clinic died and at least 11 others tested positive for the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Ghana coronavirus: 5,735 cases, prez fact-checked on testing ‘record’

May 17: 5,735 cases, prez fact-checked on testing

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

(1903) W.E.B. Du Bois, “Training Negroes for Social Power”

In this 1903 speech, W.E.B. Du Bois describes his educational philosophy and in the process, contrasts his views with those of the Tuskegee educator Booker T. Washington who was then at the height of his

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Source: Black Past

Brighton High Valedictorian

In 1911 an African-American girl, F. Marion Reed, was valedictorian of her class at Brighton High School. With an overall average of 95 for her four years of high school study, she was in the top ten of academically achieving students out of 1,291 graduates from Boston high schools in 1911.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Kenya: Nairobi Neighborhood's Residents Struggle to Make Living During COVID Lockdown

Kenyan authorities last week locked down the Nairobi neighborhood of Eastleigh because of a jump in confirmed coronavirus

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Source: allAfrica.com

Michael B. Jordan Is Rumored To Play Tony Montana In New ‘Scarface’ Movie

According to Newsweek Michael B. Jordan is now being considered to play Tony

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Source: Black America Web

Meet the clergy who won’t stop in-person preaching during COVID-19 | Afro

Dozens of Christian conservative activists and clergy members defied Virginia’s stay-at-home order and gathered Saturday for a “Pray for VA, Pray for USA

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Fauci Warns: More Death, Econ Damage If US Reopens Too Fast | Afro

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

South Sudan rebel leader and VP tests positive for COVID-19: office

South Sudan’s first vice president, and former rebel leader Riek Machar, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said

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

Africa: France's Pasteur Institute on Front Lines of Africa's COVID Response

In Africa, where the institute is present in nearly a dozen countries, the Pasteur Institute's Dakar facility plans to roll out potentially game-changing rapid testing kits, and has earned African Union designation as a coronavirus reference

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Source: allAfrica.com

Al Mohler, Southern Baptist leader, says he was ‘stupid’ to defend slavery in 1998 CNN interview

(RNS) — In December of 2018, Albert Mohler, longtime president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, released a report detailing and denouncing the school’s legacy “in the horrifying realities of American slavery, Jim Crow segregation, racism, and even the avowal of white racial

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

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