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By AFRO Staff Nicki Minaj can add a new moniker to her list: Mom. The superstar rapper and her husband Kenneth 'Zoo' Petty welcomed a bundle of joy Sept. 30 in Los Angeles, according to People and other media sources. Minaj announced she was expecting her first baby back in July via a series of
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TBE#43 - Racism Leaves America Vulnerable To Foreign Manipulation And Exploitation Of The Threat Of Violent Voter Intimidation | Afro
To Be Equal #43 October 22, 2020 Racism Leaves America Vulnerable To Foreign Manipulation And Exploitation Of The Threat Of Violent Voter Intimidation Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “We have to accept that foreign powers seize upon these divisions because they are real
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Donald Trump is out of time | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Where I’m from in West Baltimore, time isn’t usually on our side and the same is true for most Black Americans regardless of where they are from. The “luxury” of living week to week, month to month or even year to year is typically for rich
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Sophisticated Settings — Lifestyle — October 23, 2020 | Afro
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NNPA to Broadcast Live 2020 Election Night Coverage | Afro
On November 3, the Black Press of America will embark on its unprecedented plan to thoroughly cover the 2020 Presidential Election, the most consequential in U.S. history. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Beginning at 7 p.m. EST, the Black Press will
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Parents Face the Challenges of School Closures | Afro
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Black-Owned Music Streaming Startup Launches | Afro
By Kai McDaniel Special to the AFRO These co-founders are shaking up the music tech industry. CEO Austin Webster and former Motown Records Executive Darrell Thompson have launched Deepr®, an Atlanta-based startup and music discovery app, that makes searching through endless catalogs of music
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Empowering Mourning Mothers Through Love | Afro
By Rayonna Burton Jernigan Momma’s Safe Haven, a non-profit organization in Washington, D.C. that specifically works to  bring mothers together on one common ground through community-based programming, hosted its first annual “Mothers Are Powerful” event on Sept. 20. “Mothers Are Powerful” is an
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Op-ed: Tell Republicans: Stop Trump from Trashing Our Post Office | Afro
By Ben Jealous The post office is one of the most respected institutions in America, a lifeline for millions of Americans, and a source of good jobs for thousands of Black people—and the Trump administration is trying to destroy it. Senate Republicans have a choice to make right now: are they going
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Citi Launches More Than $1 Billion in Strategic Initiatives to Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap | Afro
By BlackPressUSA Visit Citi’s Action for Racial Equity site. New York via NNPA – Citi and the Citi Foundation today announced more than $1 billion in strategic initiatives to help close the racial wealth gap and increase economic mobility in the United States. Citi’s Action for Racial Equity is
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AFRO Endorsements 2020 | Afro
By AFRO Staff Mfume for the 7th District Rep. Kweisi Mfume is a known entity to the vast majority of the residents of the venerable 7th Congressional District of Baltimore City (and also parts of Baltimore and Howard counties) for good reason; he once served the district with distinction. Mfume was
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OP-ED: Black Riders Matter | Afro
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) is the nation’s oldest and largest trade association of Black-owned newspapers and media companies. Our NNPA member publishers hire employees, but we also
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Jihadist Attacks Increase in Burkina Faso's Sahel Region | Afro
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EU Unveils Plan to Combat Racism, Increase Diversity | Afro
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Keep Politics Out Of The Coronavirus Vaccine Approval Process | Afro
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Trump Administration Gives Conflicting Reports on President’s Health | Afro
By Jill Colvin, Steve Peoples and Zelensky Miller The Associated Press President Donald Trump's blood oxygen level dropped suddenly twice in recent days, his doctors revealed Oct. 4 as they continued to evade basic questions about his health during treatment for COVID-19. Still, they said he
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OP-ED: BLACK VOTERS AND THE CASE FOR BIDEN-HARRIS | Afro
By Ben Jealous My 104-year-old grandmother, Mamie Bland Todd, fought for civil rights her entire life. Now she and I are fighting to protect Black people and communities threatened by President Donald Trump and the people he has put in positions of power. We are working hard to elect Joe Biden and
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Domestic Terror Arrests in Michigan Heighten Alarm of Rightwing Violence | Afro
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The Silver Lining in COVID-19’s Dark Clouds | Afro
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