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#BTColumn – Literacy for human-centred recovery - Barbados Today
The views and opinions expressed by the author(s) do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY. by Wayne Campbell “Literacy is not a luxury; it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century, we must harness the energy and creativity
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Original 'Blue's Clues' host goes viral after sending heartfelt message to now-adult fans
This week, the original host of the popular children’s show Blue’s Clues woke up the inner child in many of The post Original 'Blue's Clues' host goes viral after sending heartfelt message to now-adult fans appeared first on TheGrio.
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Morocco Made Exceptional Efforts to Hold Elections Despite Coronavirus-Related Constraints (Uc Sg)
[MAP] Casablana -- Morocco has made exceptional efforts at all levels to hold legislative, regional and communal elections, despite the constraints related to the Covid-19 pandemic, said, Wednesday in Casablanca, Secretary General of the Constitutional Union (UC), Mohamed Sajid.
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Its Decision Time, San Diego: Why You Must Vote in the Recall Election - Voice and Viewpoint
By Satia Austin, Special to California Black Media   A rare event is underway in California – a special election to recall the governor. Voters around the state have already started to return their vote-by-mail ballots. Election day, Sept. 14, will be the last chance for your voice to be heard in
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Son of Rev. and Mrs. Jacqueline Jackson thanks all for prayers - The Chicago Crusader
Jonathan Jackson, the national spokesperson for the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, thanked thousands who have offered prayers for his parents, Reverend Jesse Jackson and his wife of more than 60
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All-Inclusive Grooming 'Ivy Salon' Set to Open | The Michigan Chronicle
DETROIT -  The Ivy Salon is set for a grand opening in the coming days. The new shop is located along Woodward Ave. just three blocks south of Nine Mile Rd. in Ferndale. 'It's much more to us than you know,' said, Anthony Chambers, co-owner of The Ivy Salon. 'Ferndale has grown into the tissue
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REGIONAL: Guyana's Government condemns strike action by teachers - Barbados Today
The Guyana government has condemned the decision by teachers to heed the call of their union to embark on three-day strike action on Wednesday, describing the action as “irresponsible and not reflective of the realities of the present state of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic nor the needs of
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Travelling in SA on a budget – here are the best tourism month specials for under R1,000
A Tourism Month campaign is encouraging South Africans to be tourists in their own country amid ongoing international travel bans.
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Gov. Newsom Thanks Californians: More Than 80% of Population Has Taken a COVID Vaccine Shot | Post News Group
Approximately 68.4% of California’s total population (counting those that are ineligible for vaccines) has received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while about 55.4% of the state's total population are fully
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Bill Cosby comedy tour canceled due to ongoing sexual assault lawsuit
Looks like Bill Cosby's plans to go on tour have been canceled indefinitely. Thursday, the actor's rep,Andrew Wyatt, informed TMZ The post Bill Cosby comedy tour canceled due to ongoing sexual assault lawsuit appeared first on TheGrio.
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President Biden to Implement COVID-19 Strategy to Return to Normalcy
President Joe Biden aims to thwart the COVID-19 virus and will announce strenuous plans on Thursday, Sept. 9, to return the country to normalcy.
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COVID-19 survivor refuses to go through another ordeal, takes the vaccine
A COVID-19 survivor, fearful of death, does not wish to go through the agony he went through when he first got the virus last November. Cedric Williamson, who has experienced some of the adverse symptoms of the killer virus, believes that if he had...
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Fear of eviction intensifies for thousands of MN renters
Currently, landlords can decline to renew a lease for a renter who owes payments but does not qualify for rental assistance. Source
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Egypt: Sisi - Humanity Is Going Through Its Most Difficult Test in Years
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said that nowadays, humanity is going through its most difficult test in years, citing ongoing challenges, topped by the global outbreak of Covid-19 and the impacts of climate change.
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Detective launch probe into suspected suicide by a county staff
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Several Conservative Anti-Vaxxers Die of COVID as Delta Variant Spreads
On August 20, South Carolina tea party Republican leader Pressley Stutts died from complications of COVID. He was 64. Stutts opposed mask mandates but stated on social media that Covid-19 was a serious and deadly disease. Days before his death Stutts wrote on social media that he was choosing to go
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‘Pain Compliance’: Video Shows Trooper Pummeling Black Man - Voice and Viewpoint
By Jake Bleiberg and Jim Mustian, Associated Press Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State Police trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — an attack the trooper defended as “pain compliance.” “I’m not resisting! I’m not
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Africa: From Locusts to Cyclones - the Human Cost of Interlinked Disasters
[UN News] Many extreme environmental events have a devastating effect on people's lives, and a new UN report reveals that many of them are linked by the same underlying causes. On the day the study is released, we look at the impact of a locust swarm on a Kenyan farmer, and the ways that Cyclone
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Source: allAfrica.com
Hammonds House Explores Jazz and Justice on September 9 | Atlanta Daily World
Conversations About Jazz Explores Jazz & Justice with Scholar and Author Gerald Horne on September 9 On Thursday, September 9 at 7:30 pm (EST) Hammonds House Digital invites you to learn about the history of jazz and how jazz musicians flourished despite rampant exploitation. Conversations About
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Count it: 9 days in a row COVID-19 hospitalizations drop in Los Angeles County - L.A. Focus News
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 dropped for a ninth straight day Wednesday, Sept. 8 in Los Angeles County, while the number of virus outbreaks in non-school settings also dipped from last week, but another 49 COVID deaths were reported Wednesday. The new fatalities lifted the county's overall
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Report: Campaign Underway to Convince Rep. Karen Bass to Run for L.A. Mayor | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom has topped headlines in California politics, flying just under the radar is the effort to draft Congresswoman Karen Bass for Los Angeles
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Former Georgia DA booked, accused of obstructing Ahmaud Arbery case
Former Georgia district attorney Jackie Johnson turned herself into the Glynn County Sheriff's office Wednesday morning after being indicted for The post Former Georgia DA booked, accused of obstructing Ahmaud Arbery case appeared first on TheGrio.
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Linstead CDC, partners assist with online learning
The issue of Internet and Wi-Fi connectivity for students who have to do online classes in some rural St Catherine communities has been a challenge since the onset of the coronavirus in Jamaica that forced the discontinuation of face-to-face...
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Comcast launches RISE to Aid Minority Businesses Hit by Pandemic | Atlanta Daily World
At the Atlanta Daily World, we’ve always used our platform to celebrate, invest in and highlight Black businesses and brands. We uplift and elevate each other so that we can rise together. Which is why last year was particularly hard: hard hearing the reports from our fellow Black entrepreneurs
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Low USVI Vaccination Rates Begin to Shut Down In-Person Schooling
The Ulla F. Muller Elementary School on St. Thomas and the Pearl B. Larson PreK-8 School on St. Croix have both reverted to virtual learning due to confirmed COVID-19 exposure on campus. In both cases, the confirmed positive results came on Wednesday.
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OP-ED: The California Recall and You | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Yes, your vote does matter. Those opposing the Governor are counting on Democrats, mostly people of color in California, not returning their ballots in a failure to vote. Governor Newsom has made mistakes, but so have others. He has been concerned and is concerned about human life
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The Lookout: New Cal Housing Bills Could Change the Look, Feel of Your Neighborhood - Los Angeles Sentinel
California, known for its sprawling residential neighborhoods of single-family homes spread out with driveways, front yards and garages, even in urban areas, may soon get an architectural makeover. That’s if two new bills approved by the legislature and awaiting the governor’s signature are signed
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Students Return To Classroom - The Chicago Crusader
Parents of more than 340,000 Chicago Public School (CPS) students returned to the classrooms after an 18-month in-person hiatus. At Powell Elementary School in South Shore, preschoolers, eighth-graders and every […] The post Students Return To Classroom appeared first on The Chicago Crusader.
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THE SOUL HAS NO COLOR: It is the Soul’s Character We Must Vote For - Voice and Viewpoint
By D. Van Rensalier-Warren Founder, Huntoon-Van Rensalier Underground Railroad Foundation All my adult life, I have often said—the Soul has no color, it is the soul’s Character God will judge each of us by. I say to you, Dear Reader, as a California resident you must get up, go out, and give our
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Somalia: President Hails Ties With China As New Envoy Begins Work
[Shabelle] Somali President Mohamed Farmajo on Tuesday received credentials from the new Chinese Ambassador to Somalia, Fei Shengchao, replacing Qin Jian whose term ended.
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