Celebrating A Legacy

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Celebrating A Legacy

In Milwaukee County we are taking an all-hands approach to realizing our vision that by achieving racial equity, Milwaukee is the healthiest county in Wisconsin. We believe this vision will be achieved when race no longer predicts health and other quality of life outcomes and when outcomes for everyone improve. As a government, we acknowledge... [Read More]

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd‘s family on Wednesday demanded the arrest of all four police officers involved in his death, as they visited a makeshift shrine at the Minneapolis street corner where the black man died after a white officer pressed a knee on his neck as he pleaded for

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There’s Only One Possible Conclusion: White America Likes Its Killer Cops

Deep down, white people know exactly whom the police are supposed to protect and serve, and they damn well know it’s not black and brown

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Minnesota’s Black Newspapers Speak Out Amidst Uprising in Wake of Police Murder of George Floyd

Two editors from Black Press of America newspapers on the frontlines of the uprising in Minneapolis in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd by four police officers, joined a National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) livestream broadcast on Saturday, May 30, to discuss up-to-the-minute

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MBUGUA: Shhh! Economy is already reopened

With time, the novelty of working from home began to wear off as many businesses felt the harsh financial effects of the restrictions, which were more painful than the coronavirus swab

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T.I. Responds Expediently To Donald Trump Utilizing His Music In Unsanctioned Contemporary Propaganda

As reported earlier this week the Trump administration got their petty on with a goal of slighting de facto Democratic presidential nominee Joe

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Sunken Place Soldier Candace Owens Forgets Her Hair Is 4C, Calls Black People “Chimpanzees” For Riots

According to published reports, on Thursday (May 28) Candace Owens took to YouTube to live stream and discuss the current events going on across the country involving Black America’s reaction to there continued police brutality that has plagued the country for

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The Southern Negro Youth Congress: A Participant Recalls Its Past

In the article below historian Gwendolyn Midlo Hall recounts her role as a founder of the New Orleans Youth Congress and the early years of the Southern Negro Youth Congress. This account is part of her soon to be published

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Kenya: Protesters Rally Outside U.S. Embassy in Nairobi Over George Floyd's Death

Dozens of people gathered outside the US embassy in Nairobi Tuesday to protest over the death of an African-American man in Minneapolis police

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Top Ranking U.S Air Force Leader Deounces Recent Police Killings

The government response to the recent protests against police brutality, spurred after the viral video of a police officer kneeling on the neck of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, has included local officers in riot gear, shooting rubber bullets, and the use of tear gas and curfews in numerous

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West Virginia Governor Says He Welcomes All, Except Obama

(AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday said he would welcome any president to the state besides former President Barack

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Trump Justice Department Killed Police Reform Programs That Could Have Helped Minneapolis

Federal authorities, like a lot of law enforcement leaders across the country, have expressed shock at the disturbing video of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck until he

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NYC Transit Union Backs Bus Drivers Who Refuse To Transport Protesters For NYPD | HuffPost

New York City’s transit workers’ union has voiced its support for members who refuse to help the New York Police Department transport protesters to jail in the wake of a viral video that appears to show just

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Just how do you vote in the June 2 Primary Election?

Allegheny County executive Rich Fitzgerald wants the overwhelming majority of ballots in the county to be sent in by mail, not via the traditional polling places that many are used to visiting on election

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Drake Donates $100,000 To National Bailout Fund For Protestors

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Transit Workers Union Backs Members Who Refuse Transporting Minneapolis Police

The union representing more than 200,000 public transit workers in the U.S. and Canada said its members in Minneapolis have the right to refuse to transport police, in solidarity with protests over the police killing of George

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Los Angeles Residents Read Police Chief For Filth After Controversial Comments On George Floyd's Death

On Tuesday Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore apologized for saying that George Floyd’s death was on

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Tedx Speaker Dena Crowder Offers 6-Minute Guide on Transforming Trauma (WATCH)

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TSD Flash!: Local protesters, supporters push forward for 'justice'

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'We Have the Right to Fight Back': Colin Kaepernick Addresses George Floyd's Death, Starts Legal Defense Fund

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Kenya: Mandera County Govt Intensifies Relief Food Supplies

Mandera — The Mandera County Government has intensified relief food distribution to thousands of locals displaced by floods and other vulnerable families to mitigate the effects of

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(1952) Charlotta Bass, “Acceptance Speech for Vice Presidential Candidate of the Progressive Party”

Los Angeles newspaper owner and political activist Charlotta Bass began her career as a conservative Republican. By the 1940s, however, she moved to the political left. In 1948 she supported Progressive Party candidate Henry Wallace in his failed bid for the Presidency. Four years later she was

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Ice Cube Cites George Floyd Killing As Reason He Canceled 'GMA' Appearance

Ice Cube said on Thursday that he decided to cancel a scheduled appearance on “Good Morning America” due to the killing of George Floyd, a Black man who died on Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck while he was handcuffed and saying he

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George Floyd's 6-Year-Old Daughter In Viral Video: 'Daddy Changed The World'

George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter, Gianna, has a message for everyone: “Daddy changed the

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Kenya: Nothing to Show for Sh109 Million Spent on Manga Stadium

Six years later, only a fence and a foundation stone for the construction of the main pavilion is all that stands on the parcel of land measuring roughly eight hectares where the stadium ought to have

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Free Us From the Chains (Once and for All)

After living on this earth for six decades, the only thing that changes are the names and ages of the victims who succumb to acts of violence whether at the hands of police, vigilantes or simply living while being

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Isaac Ruto: Why I joined hands with Uhuru

Chama Cha Mashinani party leader, former Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto, has denied claims that he has been offered a Cabinet position by President Uhuru Kenyatta to support his house cleaning in

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Judge: $750K Bail for 3 Ex-Officers Accused in Floyd’s Death

Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng made their first appearances in Hennepin County District Court as friends, relatives and celebrities gathered to memorialize Floyd in

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Aaron Dixon was born in Chicago on January 2, 1949. He moved with his family to Seattle at a young age and grew up in the city’s historically black Central District. Influenced by his parents’ commitment to social justice, Dixon became one of the leading activists in the Seattle area and

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