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Are those who run NFL teams so incapable of decency when it comes to hiring minorities (African Americans, in particular) as head coaches and general managers for their $16 billion-per-year business before COVID-19 that they need a gimmick to nudge them in the right
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Meet the clergy who won’t stop in-person preaching during COVID-19
Dozens of Christian conservative activists and clergy members defied Virginia’s stay-at-home order and gathered Saturday for a “Pray for VA, Pray for USA
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Where Do We Go from Here: Where Is the Republican Plan Post “Safer at Home”?
In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King published a book called “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or
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Cuomo extends New York's stay at home order through June
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Egypt: No Pretense of Judicial Review for Hundreds
They said that Supreme State Security prosecutors and criminal court judges have renewed detentions, including for scores of their clients, without transporting detainees to hearings or giving lawyers the opportunity to enter
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Gangs deliver food in poor Cape Town area amid lockdown
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Uganda: Soroti Hospital Stuck With Shs230m for Renovation
Mr Simon Kisabagirye, the principal hospital administrator, said they had planned to rehabilitate the medical ward (ward three) with a new roof but halted the process upon consultation with the municipal council
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No, COVID-19 TRACE Act doesn't remove people from their homes
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New York churches serve Black, Latinx communities with COVID-19 testing
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Forget About Seeing Any Justice For Obamagate In 2020.
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Mozambique: Aicaju Warns of Declining Cashew Processing
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Adebayor hunted for alleged incitment of violence in Sierra Leone
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Black Lawmakers in Virginia Urge Northam to Reconsider Friday Reopening
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Namibia: Bosses Fight Job Cut Ban
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Kenyatta Orders Closure of Kenya-Tanzania, Kenya-Somalia Borders to All Passenger Traffic
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