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Georgia Students To Benefit From Massive Loan Cancellation - The Atlanta Voice
Each of Georgia’s 1.6 million federal student loan borrowers has on average $42,000 in debt totaling over $68 billion. Student loan repayment was paused early on during the pandemic by former President Donald Trump’s administration and once again in August by the current administr
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Retiring U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson looms large in crowded race to replace her - DefenderNetwork.com
A rare occurrence is unfolding this primary season across South Dallas: Candidates are actually campaigning for Congress. U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has been so politically dominant that for decades, […]
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Seatack Civic League Lobbies City To Honor Activist George Minn - The New Journal and Guide
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide During his life time, E. George Minns was one of the most vocal and visible advocates for the Seatack Community in Virginia Beach where he was born and raised. As President and leader of Seatack’s Civic League and the city’s […]
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Milwaukee’s First Stage and Ko-Thi Dance Company in collaboration present The Dancing Granny - Milwaukee Community Journal
-A fun, interactive First Steps production that kids and adults will enjoy together-    Milwaukee, WI – January 27, 2022 – Next up in First Stage’s 2021/22 season will be THE DANCING GRANNY, a play by Mansa Ra adapted from the children’s book by beloved author/illustrator Ashley Bryan. The
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‘Asian Karen’ Caught On Camera Digging Through Black Customer’s Pockets In ‘Alleged’ Racial Profiling Incident
Black model Megan Milan was shopping at a beauty store in Los Angeles' Santee Alley called Remy's, and an Asian cashier, dubbed "Asian Karen" started rifling through her coat pockets presumably looking for stolen items, which she did not find.
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Biden Chooses 3 For Fed Board, Including First Black Woman
Biden's picks include Sarah Bloom Raskin, for the top regulatory slot, and Lisa Cook, who would be the first Black woman to serve on the Fed’s board.
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Gov. Kemp touts conservative agenda in State of the State Address - The Atlanta Voice
Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp used the annual State of the State address to lay out a form of his re-election platform. He championed raises for teachers, promised safer urban and rural cities, pledged to ban Critical Race Theory from Georgia’s public schools, and promised tax re
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Pet ownership in SA rose during the pandemic, and it’s fuelling the R7.1 billion pet goods sector
As people return to the office, demand for calming and anxiety-related products is growing, more so in the dog category.
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#BTEditorial - Some traditions Bajans must retain - Barbados Today
For all the claims of ‘despotism’, ‘dictatorship’, autocracy and the like being bandied about, Barbadians must feel a sense of pride that their democratic institutions, despite any inherent flaws, have served this country well.This has been so especially in the post-independent period. Barbados has
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The Black Press Supports New VP Harris' Comms Director Jamal Simmons | The Michigan Chronicle
He’s one of the top five high-ranking Black men leading the way at the White House. He is none other than Detroit’s native son Jamal Simmons and he was recently tapped as Vice President Kamala Harris’ new communications director in early January. Simmons, a political analyst (who has appeared on
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Africa: Stalled 'Build Back Better' Package Threatens U.S. Climate Influence
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Washington DC -- President Biden's $2 trillion climate and social spending package is struggling to advance, potentially hurting policy action abroad and at home
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Self-Proclaimed ‘White Nationalists’ Go Door-To-Door Urging People To ‘End Systemic Racism’ And ‘Be Pro-White’
A viral TikTok video shows two Caucasian men who introduced themselves as "white nationalists" when approaching residents to "talk to people about some things.” The men were urging residents in Cusseta, Alabama, to “End systemic racism" and "Be pro-white.”
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Biden names first Black woman to Fed board - DefenderNetwork.com
President Joe Biden will nominate three people for the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, including Sarah Bloom Raskin, a former Fed and Treasury official, for the top regulatory slot and […]
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Justice Breyer to retire; Biden to fill vacancy
Liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by The post Justice Breyer to retire; Biden to fill vacancy appeared first on TheGrio.
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VIDEO: Dog Steals Influencer’s Phone While She Films Herself Washing Her Car
By Lee Bullen A dog made off with an influencer’s phone while she filmed herself washing her new car. The scene was shot at a gas station on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 17. Ebrar Ahsen Dinc, 18, said she wanted to share the moment on Instagram for her followers. So she set the
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MedStar offers guidelines to protect against cold temperatures - North Dallas Gazette
MedStar crews have treated five patients for cold-weather-related illnesses over the past two days. Four were serious enough to require ambulance transport to area hospitals. They have also treated five patients for potential carbon monoxide poisoning. MedStar has implemented its cold weather
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Superb Women: Trudy Bullard - Texas Metro News
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CDC Releases Updated Maps of America’s High Levels of Inactivity Showing 25% of U.S. adults are not active enough to protect their health
NNPA Newswire (NNPA) - More than 1 in 5 adults is inactive in all but four states, according to new state maps of adult physical inactivity prevalence released by the […] The post CDC Releases Updated Maps of America’s High Levels of Inactivity Showing 25% of U.S. adults are not
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Kenya: Malindi House Help Dies After Being Mauled By Employer's Dog
[Capital FM] Malindi -- Police in Malindi are investigating an incident where a house help was mauled to death by employer's dog on Monday.
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Analysis: This Black woman judge laid the groundwork for those who would follow - The Atlanta Voice
As President Joe Biden reaffirms his commitment to nominate the first Black woman to the US Supreme Court, it makes sense to revisit the life and work of another Black woman who profoundly shaped the law: Constance Baker Motley. Motley was a 'desegregation architect' who over the
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Navient settlement: Will my student loans be forgiven? - DefenderNetwork.com
Student loan processor Navient, soon to give up its management of federal loans to Maximus, will have to cancel $1.7 billion in student loans and pay the states whose attorneys […]
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Baseball Greatest Player Snubbed for Hall of Fame by Self-Righteous, Vengeful Writers
By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia (NNPA) - Barry Bonds stands as baseball’s all-time home run king, with 762 bombs over a career that lasted […] The post Baseball Greatest Player Snubbed for Hall of Fame by Self-Righteous, Vengeful
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Kelly Price Claps Back At Joycelyn Savage’s Mom After Being ‘Threatened’ For Speaking On R. Kelly
Kelly Price took to Instagram yesterday to address JonJelyn Savage, who claimed the "Friend of Mine" singer should "tread lightly" when speaking about the families who went backstage to do business with R. Kelly in an attempt to further the music careers of their daughters.
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Study Reveals The Major Contributors To The $300 Billion Cost Of Smoking - The Seattle Medium
An analysis revealed that smokers in the District of Columbia would pay the highest cost, $197,801, two times higher than in Missouri, where smokers will pay the lowest price at
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‘Southern Hospitality’ Doesn’t Always Apply to Black People, as Revealed in the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery
Barbara Harris Combs, Clark Atlanta University The idea of community and who belongs and who does not was a common theme in the Jan. 7, 2022, sentencing hearing of three white men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery. “They chose to target my son because they didn’t want him in their community,” said
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Abrams noticeably absent from Biden’s voting rights push - The Atlanta Voice
There was a prominent Atlanta resident missing on Tuesday when President Joe Biden swung through the city to press for voting rights protections: Stacey Abrams. During a day that was shrouded in the city’s legacy as a bastion of the Civil Rights Movement, the absence of one of the
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Competing in a dog’s world - The True Citizen
Doug Ray is the only Burke County resident competing in this year’s Georgia Field Trial Association competition. In previous years, local citizens made up at least a few of the amateur- level participants. The difference between a professional and an amateur comes down to the ability to earn more
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Neither primary vaccination nor natural immunity is generally stopping infections with the omicron variant, but research shows booster doses substantially increase protection. Yet, Republican Sen. Rand Paul claimed that a case of COVID-19 provides “an immunity better than the vacc
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