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A new order issued by the state Supreme Court could put thousands of Virginia residents at risk of losing their homes during the pandemic.
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Opinion: Dr. Faucis wake-up call to my med school class - L.A. Focus Newspaper
As a new medical student, I didn't fully grasp the significance of his statement at that moment. But as Covid-19 has spread rapidly, impacting communities across the country and exposing the disparities in our health care system, Dr. Fauci's words have taken on a whole new
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Tech Employees Are Considering Moving to Cheaper Cities Amid COVID-19. What Impact Could That Have on The Communities Theyre Leaving? | The Plug
The spread of COVID-19 and the lockdowns that followed have had a major impact on the tech world and the ecosystems that make it up. Companies like Google, Amazon and Microsoft have all enacted work from home policies with Facebook and Twitter taking it a step further and allowing employees to
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No longer can the racism that black people face be left unchallenged’ - Voice Online
THE DEATH of George Floyd has understandably sparked a wave of anger, frustration as well... The post No longer can the racism that black people face be left unchallenged’ appeared first on Voice Online.
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Ethiopia virus updates disrupted by security-linked internet outage | Africanews
Ethiopia is one of East / Horn of Africa’s least impacted nations as compared to rate of COVID-19 case growth and infection of its
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NEW YORK, United States (AP) Spurred by broad public support for the Black Lives Matter movement, thousands of black activists from across the US will hold a virtual convention in August to produce a new political agenda that seeks to build on the success of the protests that followed George
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VIDEO: Endangered Maine senator calls for focusing coronavirus relief on small businesses | Afro
Employers with more than 300 employees might get kicked out of the Paycheck Protection Program, if one senator succeeds. During debate on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, called for decreasing the maximum number of people that businesses eligible for federal pandemic
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Billionaire Robert Smith Calls On Corporations To Adopt His 2% ‘Reparative’ Plan For Black People
The country’s richest Black person has some thoughts on how corporate America can address structural racism. According to Forbes, Robert F. Smith believes that big banks and major companies should spend the next 10 years investing directly in technology, education, telecom, banking and healthcare
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Rehab in paradise: Western addicts head to Thailand to detox - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Chiang Mai, Thailand (CNN) — Kneeling beside a gutter within a walled compound adjoining a complex of golden-roofed temples, 50 men in red pajamas with the word "overcome" on the back are sweating under the midday
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WATCH | SAHRC to take City of Cape Town to court after naked man dragged from shack | News24
The SA Human Rights Commission intends taking the City of Cape Town to court over its eviction policy following the forced removal of a naked man from his shack in Khayelitsha.
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Iwokrama, Exxon in COVID-19 donation to indigenous communities - Stabroek News
The Iwokrama International Centre has joined with ExxonMobil Guyana to provide 10 indigenous communities with cleaning and sanitisation materials to help them through the COVID-19 pandemic. The article Iwokrama, Exxon in COVID-19 donation to indigenous communities appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Uganda opens border to DR Congo refugees | Africanews
Uganda opened its borders to thousands of people fleeing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo on
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How Catholics can work to expel this demon of racism - African American News Today - EIN News
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Trump Supports New Round of Direct Coronavirus Payments - Black News Channel
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press/ BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he supports a fresh round of government payments to individuals to help them weather the coronavirus pandemic but it has to be done properly. Trump also said he wants payments larger
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Some entertainment venues to reopen this weekend
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J'can embassy in Washington, DC reopens after COVID-19 lockdown
AUDREY Marks, Jamaica's ambassador to the United States and permanent representative to the Organization of American States, has announced the reopening of the Offices of the Jamaican embassy in Washington, DC, USA.The embassy, which was closed for the past three months due to a lockdown of
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Making the case for a strong Black economy in the 9th District - TSDMemphis.com
by Corey Strong   While Memphis and Shelby County wrestles with how to economically respond to COVID-19 in the short term, I am more concerned with the long term impacts the pandemic will have on our economy. In the post-COVID world, technology is king and unskilled work forces are susceptible to
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What California’s budget deal means for K-12 schools - Black Voice News
California’s new budget provides enough funding for schools to pivot to hybrid learning when they reopen this fall. But school officials fear Sacramento’s decision to delay cuts could throw districts into the fiscal abyss later. The $202 billion budget Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Monday
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Protesters net updated responses from mayor, MPD director - TSDMemphis.com
Mayor Jim Strickland and Memphis Police Department Director Michael Rallings on Tuesday gave fresh accounts of ongoing efforts to meet the demands of a multi-pronged band of local protesters. What emerged, in part, was an announcement about the launch of a new reimagine policing website in response
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Black Entrepreneur Releases First-of-its-Kind Health and Tech Report Identifying New Industry Sector – FemAging Tech
Research reveals that many FemAging Tech innovations are not meeting the needs of 63% of Black women who are concerned about staying active and independent as they age. FemAging Tech: []
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Doctors, WHO warn of COVID-19 second wave
THE Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights Doctors (ZADHR) has warned that the country must prepare for a possible second wave of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic despite recording a major decline in confirmed cases early this week. By Brenna Matendere On the other hand, the World Health
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GABF to participate in FIBA U17 Skills Challenge - Stabroek News
Following the cancellation of the 2020 U17 Basketball World Cup by the world governing body due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), has confirmed their participation in the International Federation of Association Basketball (FIBA) ‘FIBA U17 Skills
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Embattled former minister remains on JLP's slate... at least for now
Member of Parliament St Catherine South Central Dr Andrew Wheatley will have to wait and see if he will be allowed to defend his seat on a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) ticket in the next general election.
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Cinemas and theatres to reopen for 14 days, restaurant dining to resume
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Prince Harry Speaks Out Against Institutional Racism: It Has No Place In Society
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As the District reopens from phases two to three, local business owner Juanita "Busy Bee" Britton has hit the ground running, hosting her first shopping event of the year.
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