Women More Likely to Face Housing Insecurity in Pandemic-Led Recession

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

Namibia: SONA Stand-Off ... Opposition, Geingob Square Off

The president was forced to take a seat after opposition members objected against claims that the government saved about N$4 billion after the president stopped the N$7 billion Hosea Kutako International Airport upgrading

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mass ejection? Impending evictions in Allegheny County drive a scramble for changes and dollars

Frozen since March 16, more than 400 eviction cases in Allegheny County were set to resume June 2 in the first of a series of steps toward normal landlord-tenant court

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Informed Blacks are an Existential Threat to Radical Liberalism.

(ThyBlackMan.com) My readers know that one of my biggest criticism of the Republican Party and the conservative movement is the lack of an effective communications strategy targeting the Black

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Covid-19 wrap: Global deaths top 385 000, Senegal eases curfew and Armenia hospitals overwhelmed

FOLLOW LIVE | Lockdown: Loss of tax revenue outweighs harm caused by cigarettes, says govt on tobacco ban

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Newswire: Black unemployment was 16.7 percent in April

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that the jobless rate for the blacks was 16.7 percent in April, a giant leap backward from 6.7 percent in March, as the Covid-19 pandemic caused nonfarm employment to fall by 20.5 million jobs last

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

AMHVoices: Zanu PF declares war on its citizens

For soldiers and the police to lead the exercise of taking an opposition party headquarters, giving it to another party, is the best exhibit that Thokozani Khupe, Douglas Mwonzora, Morgen Komichi, Elias Mudzuri and others of the so-called MDC-T are real Zanu PF

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Bamako, Mali (11th Century-- )

Bamako, with a population of 1.8 million, is the largest city in the Republic of Mali. It serves as Mali’s seat of government and the country’s economic and cultural center. The city is located in the southwestern corner of Mali, along the banks of the Niger River. In the Bambara language Bamako

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Brixton Riots (April 10-12, 1981)

The Brixton Riots of April 10-12, 1981, described as the first serious riots of the 20th century in England, were the first large scale racial confrontations between black British youth and white British police. The rioting was sparked by antagonism between black youths and the

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Source: Black Past

BET founder Robert Johnson says Dems taking black voters 'for granted,' calls for BLM to form party

BET founder Robert Johnson says the Democratic Party has taken black voters in America for granted, and he urges the ascendant Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement to form a new third party to fight for their

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Source: Fox News - Breaking News Updates | Latest News Headlines | Photos & News Videos

Can Joe Biden Win? The Jury is Out

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Source: The New Journal and Guide

Be careful

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says territories in the region must “think twice” about the wholesale relaxation of social distancing measures in order to bolster faltering economies, as doing so could erase all the gains made in controlling the spread of the novel coronavirus over the

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Zimbabwe

President Mugabe and Tsvangirai agreed to a power-sharing deal in September that called on the leaders to share executive authority. Under the deal, Tsvangirai will serve as prime minister and the opposition will control 16 ministries. The governing party will control 15; Mugabe will continue as

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Tunisia

Tunisia, at the northernmost bulge of Africa, thrusts out toward Sicily to mark the division between the eastern and western Mediterranean Sea. Twice the size of South Carolina, it is bordered on the west by Algeria and by Libya on the south. Coastal plains on the east rise to a north-south

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Citing Jobs, Trump Claims Victory Over Virus, Econ Collapse

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump effectively claimed victory over the economic crisis and COVID-19 on Friday and major progress against racial inequity, heartily embracing an unexpectedly good jobs report in hopes of convincing a discouraged nation he deserves another four years in

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Source: Black America Web

(1932) Angelo Herndon Addresses His Jury

Gentlemen of the Jury: I would like to explain in detail the nature of my case and the reason why I was locked up. I recall back about the middle of June 1932, when the Relief Agencies of the City of Atlanta, the County Commission and the city government as a whole, were cutting both Negro and

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George Floyd's death an American tragedy with global echoes | The Atlanta Voice

Since his death while being detained by Minneapolis police last week, Floyd’s face has been painted on walls from Nairobi, Kenya to

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

(1963) Robert C. Weaver, "The Negro as an American"

In 1966 Robert C. Weaver became the first African American to hold a cabinet post when President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him Secretary of the new created Department of Housing and Urban Development. Weaver, however had held a series of federal government and academic positions going back to

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Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas is a renowned personality, currently serving as a Conservative Associate Justice in the American Supreme Court. Born in Pin Point, Georgia on June 23, 1948, Thomas served as a law-abiding judicial nominee under the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. What

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DeSoto ISD Superintendent Speaks on Social Justice | Dallas Weekly

As an educator, I’ve seen our public education system fail at effectively ensuring that students not only learn core content at equitably rigorous levels, but also fail at helping students learn about the realities of race, class, privilege, and collective

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Denver Single Family House (SFH) Market Report and Expert Review - May 2020

Insight from experts, agents

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

Brazil

In Jan. 2003, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former trade union leader and factory worker widely known by the name Lula, became Brazils first working-class president. As leader of Brazils only Socialist party, the Workers Party, Lula pledged to increase social services and improve the lot of the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

A US recession began in February in the face of coronavirus

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United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO v. Weber (1979)

March 28, 1979, Argued

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Source: Black Past

How Biden attacks Blacks while President Trump empowers them –

At the end of a recent interview on the very popular radio show, “The Breakfast Club,” Joe Biden said, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you

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Source: Florida Courier

100 Black Men of Chicago Virtual Town Hall Meeting Shed Light on the Cares Act

Last Thursday, 5/21/2020, great information was shared by notable figures: Carl Tutt Chairman – 100 BMC Partner, Green Technologies, LLC, Juan Thomas, JD Founder – Thomas Law Group, Darryl Arrington Assistant VP DePaul University, Michael Frerichs Illinois State

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Source: Chicago Defender

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

Political hip hop

Political hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s as a way of turning rap music into a call for action and a form of social activism. Inspired by 1970s political preachers such as The Last Poets and musician Gil Scott-Heron, Public Enemy was the first predominately

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Source: ThoughtCo

Viruses and Violence

As the world grapples with a global pandemic that has disrupted daily life in every way imaginable, Black people are again forced to also grapple with what it means to be Black in

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Source: The Christian Recorder

Bea Gaddy: Supporting East Baltimore During COVID-19

By Cynthia Brooks, Special to the AFRO

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

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