After lobbying, Catholic Church won $1. 4B in virus aid

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After lobbying, Catholic Church won $1. 4B in virus aid

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Amadou Diallo, February 1999 (New York City) –Eric Garner, July 2014 (New York) – unarmed; Michael Brown, August, 2014 (Ferguson ) – unarmed; Walter Scott, April 2015 (North Charleston) – unarmed; Philando Castile, July 2016 (Minneapolis) – unarmed; Breonna Taylor, May, 2020 (Louisville) – unarmed

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Black Lives Matter Plaza Leads Road to The White House | Afro

Some 27 years later, millions around the nation and world are protesting against the same sad plight for Black Americans, and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser may not have had an all-star team of musicians on a track, but she found a way to paint the road to the White House

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Africa: Uganda's COVID-19 Neglect of Minorities Is Bad for Everyone

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An invitation to an online tour of the Harlem Renaissance

AN INVITATION TO A UNIQUE VIRTUAL SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE THROUGH THE ARTISTRY OF THE ARTISTS THAT SHAPED THE PERIOD

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Drew Brees Stands Against Trump: Racial Justice Protests 'Not About The American Flag'

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees urged President Donald Trump on Friday night to stop describing NFL players’ silent actions during the national anthem as disrespect for the U.S. flag as he walked back his own comments earlier this week about patriotism and

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Downplaying virus risk, Trump gets back to business as usual

Three months after President Donald Trump bowed to the realities of a pandemic that put big chunks of life on pause and killed more Americans than several major wars, Trump is back to business as usual — even as coronavirus cases are on the upswing in many parts of the

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MUTUA: Innovate recruitment for progress during uncertain times

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Photo courtesy Leonard McKenzie

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Ramsey Orta, Who Filmed Eric Garner's Death, Released From Prison

Ramsey Orta — the man who shot video of Eric Garner’s 2014 arrest where he was killed by a police officer who held him in a chokehold — was released from prison on May 28, six weeks ahead of the scheduled end of his sentence, New York's PIX 11

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Trump reschedules Tulsa Juneteenth rally 'out of respect for this Holiday'

President Donald Trump gestures as he leaves the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, to attend a campaign rally in Mosinee, Wis. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce

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