JAY-Z Invests $10 Million In Fund For BIPOC-Owned Cannabis Businesses

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JAY-Z Invests $10 Million In Fund For BIPOC-Owned Cannabis Businesses - Blavity

Rapper and entrepreneur JAY-Z is committing $10 million to set up a fund to grow Black-owned and minority businesses.

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As California colleges rethink their back-to-school plans amid a statewide spike in coronavirus cases, it’s not just their students they need to worry about protecting. Many campus employees are decades older than the students they teach and support, putting them at higher risk of complications if

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

75 SA cricketers to lose their contracts under new CSA domestic structure

Cricket South Africa has endorsed a drastic new domestic cricket structure that will see the current franchise system scrapped.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

US-based Guyanese expert keen on polishing local HR infrastructure - Stabroek News

A decade ago Rebecca Vieira Cox found that Human Resource (HR) infrastructure was rudimentary to non-existent in small companies in Guyana. The article US-based Guyanese expert keen on polishing local HR infrastructure appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Man Who Burned Down 3 Black Churches in Louisiana Sentenced To 25 Years

According to The New York Times, 23-year old Holden James Matthews was sentenced and also ordered to pay nearly $2.7 million to the churches after pleading guilty in federal court in February to three counts of violating the Church Arson Prevention Act and to one count of using fire to commit

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RADA squabble - Chairman, CEO at odds over farm road selections

Peter Thompson, the chief executive officer of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), has defended his management’s technical competence in the selection of farm roads for repairs despite claims from his boss, Chairman Nigel Myrie,...

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Today in 1969, Dr. Clifton Wharton II Became the First Black President of a Major University

Photo credits: The Wharton Center for the Performing Arts Pioneering economist and corporate executive Clifton Reginald Wharton, Jr. (pictured) was born on September 13, 1926, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Clifton R. Wharton, Sr., was the first African American to be named Career

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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

Born: 5/7/1905 Seattle, WashingtonLavizzo-Mourey heads the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the largest healthcare foundation in the U.S. She became the CEO in 2003, a position which has her overseeing an estimated 800 grants, a $10 billion endowment and annual disbursements of more than $450

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Delaware, West Virginia Among 5 Added to D.C. List of High-Risk Coronavirus States

Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, West Virginia and Wyoming have been added to D.C.'s list of high-risk states for which travel to or from should be carefully monitored, the city's health department announced Monday.

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Ecoz bemoans underfunding of education sector

BY LORRAINE MUROMO The Education Coalition of Zimbabwe (Ecoz) has called upon government to prioritise State-funded education, saying it was important for the growth of the country’s economy. Ecoz was reacting to the 2021 National Budget presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube where the

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Perot Museum to reopen with new protocols, procedures ,and reduced hours | Dallas Weekly

With the safety of guests, staff and volunteers a top priority, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science will reopen its doors Saturday (Sept. 12) and Sunday (Sept. 13) with new public-health protocols, ticketing procedures, reduced hours and occupancy at no more than 25%. Commencing the next weekend

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Frazer, Jendayi E. (1961- )

Ambassador Jendayi E. Frazer is currently on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania. She has been there since 2009 as the university’s Distinguished Public service Professor in the Heinz College School of Public Policy and Management. Frazer is also the Director of Center for

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‘Come clean on human rights abuses’

BY PRECIOUS CHIDA HUMAN rights lobby group Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has challenged government to come out clean on its sincerity to investigate and end human rights abuses, mostly perpetrated by State security agents. The grouping said government should conduct itself in a transparent manner

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Kanye West to bring Yeezy brand, but not sneakers, to Gap

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Defeat Trump and Change History

In Washington, DC, cars honked horns driving up and down Connecticut Avenue and around the White House. A large crowd assembled at Black Lives Matter Plaza on 16th Street as close to Lafayette Park as they could get near The White House. Streets around The White House were fenced off creating

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She Represents: Princess Pope | Dallas Weekly

She Represents: Princess Pope

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Martin Luther King’s Most Iconic Speeches Of All Time

Dr. Martin Luther King's speeches have grown to become timeless while greatly contributing to changing the tide of American history.

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Source: The Urban Daily

100 Greatest Rap Songs: 100-91

The best hip-hop songs of all time are those songs that touch our soul. They make us smile, laugh, cry, think, move and shake what our mama (or papa) gave

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Ghana's Akufo-Addo praised at George Floyd memorial but country's police violently shut down #BLM protest

“The family of George Floyd will like to acknowledge the message of solidarity resolution and virtual tribute from His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo, the President of

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Vietnam War student massacre—50 years on

The campus fire was dealt with quickly, and then the police forced demonstrating students into the centre of the

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Nurses Association’s refusal to denounce Trump angers members

The American Nurses Association (ANA), one of the largest professional nursing organizations in the world representing the interests of 4.2 million registered nurses, recently rescinded its presidential endorsement policy, choosing 2020 as the first...

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Vulnerability: A Vice Turned Virtue Amid ‘The New Normal’ - Black Enterprise

When it comes to leaders demonstrating vulnerability, executives are understandably concerned about optics. In fact, just Google the phrase “definition of vulnerability” and the very first result presented is: “Susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm.” With this decidedly ominous and

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Somalia: Al-Sbabab Looking to Smuggle Explosives in to Somalia - UN

If the current chemicals used for Al-Shabaab's homemade explosives become scarce, the group would shift to other sources of explosive materials or precursors, possibly through illicit smuggling, the Chair of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia said

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NFL Commits $250 Million To Battle Systemic Racism

Last week, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, which many believed was empty considering the league’s history with peaceful protesting against police

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Rapper E-40 gifts 1,000 gallons of hand sanitizer to California prisons

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