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Monuments and Statues Are Falling. But What Comes Next?
TIERRA AMARILLA, N.M. (AP) — The dusty town of Tierra Amarilla perches in the shadows of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Here, five decades ago, this poor northern New Mexico community saw one of the most violent clashes in civil rights history when armed Mexican American ranchers raided
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WNBA responds to Atlanta Dream co-owners anti-BLM comments
Kelly Loeffler is a U.S. Senator and co-owner of the Atlanta Dream, a WNBA team. She is also adamantly opposed to the Black Lives Matter movement. The post WNBA responds to Atlanta Dream co-owners anti-BLM comments appeared first on TheGrio.
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Facebook civil rights audit: Serious setbacks mar progress - Black News Channel
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer A two-year audit of Facebooks civil rights record found serious setbacks that have marred the social networks progress on matters such as hate speech, misinformation and bias. Facebook hired the audits leader, former American Civil Liberties Union executive
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Trump administration wants next stimulus package to protect unemployed - TheGrio
The Trump administration wants the next stimulus package focused on unemployed Americans, passed before the August recess, and capped at... View Article The post Trump administration wants next stimulus package to protect unemployed appeared first on TheGrio.
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Health department offering free COVID-19 testing – Daytona Times
The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County (DOH-Volusia) began free, COVID-19 testing to the public on July 8. Testing will be available by appointment only at these two locations in Volusia County, weather permitting: 1845 Holsonback Drive, Daytona Beach. To schedule an appointment at this
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Protective Gear for Medical Workers Begins to Run Low Again - Black News Channel
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press/ BNC Contributor The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number of hospitalized patients
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Africas Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Surge Above a Half-Million
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Africa now has more than a half-million confirmed coronavirus cases, while South Africas health minister declared Wednesday that “we have now reached the surge.” The continent-wide total is over 509,000, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after
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Presidential Candidate Amadou Coulibaly Dies - Black News Channel
By TOUSSAINT N'GOTTA and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press/ BNC Contributor ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the presidential candidate of Ivory Coasts ruling party, died Wednesday just days after returning from two months of medical treatment in France, where he
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Poll: Texas voters split on police violence protests, Confederate statues - DefenderNetwork.com
Long-held views on the discrimination against Black people and on memorials to the Confederacy are changing in Texas in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis police custody and the protests that followed, according to polling by the Texas Politics Project at the University of
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Shack with a swimming pool and Table Mountain view
'I want to live a lifestyle which my government should have provided. I can’t wait for the government to get a swimming pool'.
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Rickey Smiley Passionately Calls For The Black Community “To Get These Hoodlums Out”
The radio host/comedian is now ready to have an important conversation with the Black community following the recent string of gun violence across the country.
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Employment Opportunities 7-08-20 | New Pittsburgh Courier
BOROUGH MANAGER POSITION Job Description: Wilkinsburg, a dynamic and historic first-ring suburb of Pittsburgh of 16,000 residents with both major highway and busway access, seeks an experience full-time manager to help direct out continued forward momentum. Reporting to a council of nine, the
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Oprah, Lionsgate to help adapt The 1619 Project for film, TV - Black News Channel
By The Associated Press undefined/BNC Contributor Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate are partnering with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to adapt the The New York Times recent project examining the legacy of slavery for film and television. Lionsgate said Wednesday that it will work
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(BPRW) Founder of Black Online Therapy to Host a Virtual Healing The Black Woman Inside 2-Day Intensive | Press releases
(BPRW) Founder of Black Online Therapy to Host a Virtual Healing The Black Woman Inside 2-Day Intensive To register: bit.ly/healingtheblackwoman2020 (Black PR Wire) Black women are essential to our homes
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Givly App founder talks HBCU giving challenge, philanthropy : TheGrio
The Givly App is more than just a tech company. In 2018, the Givly App was launched by Tiffany Williams.... View Article The post Givly App founder talks HBCU giving challenge, philanthropy in Black community appeared first on TheGrio.
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Dis-Chem to appeal ruling: ‘We didn’t charge excessive prices for masks’
Dis-Chem said the ruling in which it was fined R1.2 million for price gouging of face masks contains a number of errors of fact and law.
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Discover to give $5M to Black-owned restaurants - DefenderNetwork.com
Discover will donate a total $5 million to Black-owned restaurants. The twist? Anyone can cast a vote on social media from now through October 31, 2020 for the establishment they think should win one of the 200 $25,000 awards available. The #EatItForward campaign is a creative way to distribute
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Tennis Superstar Novak Djokovic Faces Heat For Doing Too Much During COVID-19
While the world is seeing that Coronavirus needs to still be taken seriously one athlete ignored all precaution. Now a tennis pro is feeling the backlash for being so messy. As spotted on TMZ Novak Djokovic is trying to explain himself out of putting several lives in danger for being super careless
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Seattle Detective on leave for posting All Lives splatter after protesters death
A detective in the King County Sheriff’s Office is placed on leave after he posted messages on Facebook mocking protesters hit by a car last weekend. The post Seattle detective on leave for posting All Lives splatter after protesters death appeared first on TheGrio.
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SURGE into the New: Stand Up Reach God’s Excellence.
(ThyBlackMan.com) Who would have thought we would wake up one morning to a global pandemic? Nobody! But here we are. The question is: what do we do now? We surge into the new! Stand up and reach for God’s excellence. That sentiment is precisely what a new devotional, SURGE into the New, by Pastor
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Kwekwe seeks legal advice on Tsvangirai Street
KWEKWE councillors, who early this year passed a resolution to name a street after the late MDC founding icon Morgan Tsvangirai, have started seeking legal advice before implementing the decision to avoid offending Local Government minister July Moyo. BY BRENNA MATENDERE The councillors, who are
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Trump pushes state, local leaders to reopen schools in fall - Black News Channel
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer/ BNC Contributor President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched an all-out effort pressing state and local officials to reopen schools this fall, arguing that some are keeping schools closed not because of the risks from the coronavirus pandemic but for political
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Krazy Kooky Kouple Who Painted Over California BLM Sign Charged With Hate Crime
Nichole Anderson and David Nelson attempted to paint over the sign on a street In Martinez, Calif.
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Legal Advertising – Articles of Incorporation 7-08-20 | New Pittsburgh Courier
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION JustLaws PLLC, Steve Masters, Esquire. 621, West Mount Airy Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 16, 2020, Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Pennsylvania Department of State for 1Hood Power, a corporation organized under the
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Mayor Bottoms extends moratorium on residential evictions, filings due to COVID-19 | The Atlanta Voice
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms reissued an executive order calling on the Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta Beltline Inc., Fulton County / City of Atlanta Land Bank Authority, Invest Atlanta, Partners for Home and the City of Atlanta’s Department of Grants and Community Development to institute
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WNBA Players Call For Senator Kelly Loeffler To Step Down After Suspect Black Live Matters Remarks
The WNBA may have been conveying a message of togetherness with the Black Lives Matter PSA, but according to players, Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler doesn't practice the sentiment at
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Samsung’s Next Galaxy Unpacked Event Is Going Down August 5th
Mark your calendars, August 5th, 10 a.m. ET, we will see what the newest devices coming to the Galaxy ecosystem. Like every other event now, the entire event will be live-streamed. Rumor has it, Samsung will be unveiling the new Galaxy Note 20.
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Integration, Marketing Reach and Longevity Fundamental to New Collaboration Between The Dallas Weekly and Mark Cuban Companies | Dallas Weekly
The $100,000 advertising campaign will use both old and new media to target DFW millennials The Dallas Weekly is a weekly newspaper that has been serving the African American community in Dallas and the surrounding region since 1954. Today, the paper announced the start of an advertising campaign
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Mnangagwa fires disgraced Obadiah Moyo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired disgraced Health minister Obadiah Moyo for “conduct inappropriate for a Cabinet minister”.
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Researchers map Houston areas most vulnerable to COVID-19 - DefenderNetwork.com
Sponsored content by the University of Texas at Austin As COVID-19 continues to spread across Texas and the nation, scientists from the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Houston have created a mapping tool for
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