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Following the return of the alcohol ban, the National Liquor traders Council is requesting financial relief for 34 500 tavern owners.
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Chicago mayor responds to WH press secretary: 'Hey Karen watch your mouth'
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Global report: coronavirus infections in India pass 1m mark - The New York Beacon
India has become the third country to record more than 1m coronavirus infections, following the US and Brazil, as it reported 34,956 new cases in the past 24 hours, taking the national total to 1,003,832. Amid evidence that the disease was taking hold in poorer, rural
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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information
Water Is Wet: Donald Trump’s Niece Says She Heard President Use N-Word, Anti-Semitic Slurs
It's only a matter of time before Candace Owens or Diamond and Silk weigh in on this matter and try to absolve Donald Trump by suggesting he was probably just rapping along to a Kanye song or something.
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — They’ve included Los Angeles Lakers Legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar, hip-hop icons Chuck D, Ice Cube, Russell Simmons, and Big Daddy Kane. They’ve also included important conversations with civil rights attorney Ben Crump, Congresswoman Karen Bass, Ben & Jerry’s CEO Michael
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Entrepreneur Launches Wellness Consulting Firm for Black Women-Led Businesses - The New York Beacon
Nationwide — Nyeesha D. Williams, a dedicated consultant with years of experience in wellness consulting, business consulting, mental health cognitive behavioral therapy is proud to announce the launch of her new firm, Serenity Oasis. Serenity Oasis is a wellness consulting firm for Black
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PRESS ROOM: Wells Fargo Names Kristy Fercho to Lead Home Lending | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Kristy is a customer-first business leader with deep home lending experience. She has been an inspiring and vocal leader across the mortgage industry while driving transformational growth at Flagstar,” said Mike Weinbach, CEO of Consumer Lending at Wells Fargo. “Buying a home
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Lesufi opposes Afrikaner university in Gauteng: ‘Non-racialism is the future’
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says no Afrikaner University will exclude South Africans on the basis of language or race.
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Brazil's coronavirus curve may hold the key to a global vaccine - The New York Beacon
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Michelle Obama To Debut New Podcast Helping Listeners Talk To Their Loved Ones
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Dallas Weekly News: Ep. 67-Texas heads to the polls for Senate runoff as Virus rages | Dallas Weekly
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Race riot alert as Trump accepts presidential nomination on 60th anniversary of ‘Ax Handle Saturday’ - Face2Face Africa
On Aug. 27, 1960, The Youth Council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) engaged in a peaceful protest, sitting at a whites only lunch counter until they were spit on by attackers. The 33 Black teenagers who attempted to integrate the “whites only” lunch counter
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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday 17 July
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In the news: Chelsey Green and Terri Lyne Carrington - The Bay State Banner
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Making the case for national civilian oversight of police : TheGrio
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GCS releases back to school plans - Carolina Peacemaker
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Federal judge sides with Mo'Nique in Netflix discrimination lawsuit : TheGrio
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The Rev. C.T. Vivian, an early and key advisor to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who organized pivotal campaigns in the civil rights movement and spent decades after advocating for justice and equality, died Friday at the age of 95. Vivian began staging sit-ins against segregation in
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