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'Go Back To Your Bunker,' Seattle Mayor Tells Trump In Spat Over Protests
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Trump angrily responds to Black Lives Matter mural to be painted in front of Trump Tower
A man dances on a massive “Black Lives Matter” mural covers a city street on June 29, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York
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Ohio governor orders statewide mask mandate as of Thursday - L.A. Focus Newspaper
More and more state and local leaders are making similar requirements. In Indiana, masks will be required starting Monday. In Minnesota, the governor is mandating that people wear masks indoors in businesses and at public settings effective Saturday. And the mayor of Washington, DC, just made the
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NBA Planning To Paint “Black Lives Matter” On Courts Once Season Resumes In Orlando
Since then, the England Premier League put Black Lives Matter on all 20 teams jerseys along with a “BLM” patch on the
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Protesters mass near White House for 2nd day
The Latest on the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck (all times
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Oprah Winfrey Donates $12 Million for COVID-19 Relief in Five Cities | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Winfrey made sure that there was plenty of fish in the places she’s called home. Through the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation, the OWN Network boss announced she was donating $12 million to organizations dedicated to helping underserved communities in
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Washington DC Will Not Reopen School Buildings in Fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public schools in the nation's capital will open with full-time computer distance learning, as officials have abandoned their initial plans to use a combination of distance and in-person instruction. Mayor Muriel Bowser's announcement Thursday was widely expected as all
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With House in Tow, D.C. Statehood Backers Mull Senate Strategy
With the historic passage of a bill granting the District state-level sovereignty despite Republican opposition, statehood advocates are planning a Senate strategy for the remaining months of this congressional session and the next, regardless of the results of the November general
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A Static Shock movie is in development - DC FanDome - African American News Today - EIN News
During a surprise panel at DC FanDome, it was announced that imprint Milestone would be reintroduced to the DC Comics family. Milestone, which feature
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D.C. Mayor’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ Street Painting Is Slammed As ‘Performative’
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New Report Blasts D.C. Mayor's Handling of COVID-19 Crisis
D.C.'s Black residents have died from the coronavirus at a rate nearly six times that of the city's white population, a new report found.
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Protesters Fell Confederate Monument In D.C., Provoking Trump's Fury
Another Confederate monument has fallen — this time in a city where such memorials were understandably rare to begin with: the
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Coronavirus has killed more than 100,000 people across the US | The Atlanta Voice
“We now have really clear evidence that wearing masks works — it’s probably a 50% protection against transmission,” Dr. Chris Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, or IHME, at the University of Washington, told CNN late
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Joe and Jill Biden pay their respects to Rep John Lewis at the Capitol - African American News Today - EIN News
… future.  'As an African American Republican, I was probably going … legitimate' being first African-American since Rosa Parks to be … the Capitol, the first African American to be given that honor … Lewis is the first African American to lay in state …
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IN MEMORIAM: John Lewis, an American Hero and Moral Leader Alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., Dies at 80  - Arizona Informant Newspaper
  By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Born in 1940, John Lewis, the son of a sharecropper, helped to lead America out of an era of racism. Through his activism and bravery, Lewis carried the moral authority that few other leaders in U.S. history could claim. On July 17th
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IN MEMORIAM: John Lewis, an American Hero and Moral Leader Alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., Dies at 80 - Black News Channel
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Born in 1940, John Lewis, the son of a sharecropper, helped to lead America out of an era of racism. Through his activism and bravery, Lewis carried the moral authority that few other leaders in U.S. history could claim. On July 17th he died in
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Limpopo premier distances himself from R2. 4 million shack scandal
It’s understood that the provincial government forked out an estimated R60,000 for each shack.
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House approves bill that would make DC the 51st state
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March on Washington reconfigured to comply with virus rules - Black News Channel
By Aaron Morrison and Ashraf Khalil Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans, a national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to comply with coronavirus protocols in the District of
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Bowser Orders Face Masks to be Worn in the District
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday ordered District residents and those who patron businesses and work in the city to wear face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. “If you are outside, you should wear a mask,” Bowser said at a press conference. “If you are waiting on the bus, you
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Washington, DC paints a giant 'Black Lives Matter' message on the road to the White House | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Washington, DC is painting a message in giant, yellow letters down a busy DC street ahead of a planned protest this weekend: BLACK LIVES
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Powerful Black Lives Matter Murals Are Popping Up on Streets Across the U.S. | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Over a week ago, Washington, D.C.’s mayor commissioned a sprawling mural that spells out “Black Lives Matter;” now, cities across the nation are creating their own tributes to the
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Republican Controlled Senate Snubs Bill to Make DC the 51st State.
As a teacher I must tell the truth in order to remain viable as an effective communicator of the facts! It is time for Washington D.C. to be empowered with statehood and time for the Tom Cotton's and Louie Gohmert's to return to their rightful place on the wrong side of history. In these matters
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5 Takeaways From The 2020 Democratic National Convention
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D.C. Renames A Road And Paints 'Black Lives Matter' Road Banner Near The White House
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has commissioned a huge road banner in bold yellow paint that says Black Lives Matter and stretches over two blocks near the White House.
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John Lewis, An Unrivaled Leader for the Ages – Gay City News
… was some vague talk that African-American leaders might be hesitant about … video after video of unarmed Black Americans being killed, and falsely accused … included an intergenerational group of
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has “Black Lives Matter” Painted on Street Leading to White House
According to abcnews.go.com, a major street in Washington D.C that leads to the White House, has been painted with bold, bright-yellow letters reading “BLACK LIVES
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Alexandria’s first African American police chief talks police reform, race relations
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has “Black Lives Matter” Painted on Street Leading to White House
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