‘Claiming Our Power, Resilience and Liberation’: The 4th Annual National Black Maternal Health Week

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‘Claiming Our Power, Resilience and Liberation’: The 4th Annual National Black Maternal Health Week

Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW21) will take place this year from April 11-17, aimed at disseminating information and uplifting the voices of Black mother's who have suffered disproportionately due to systemic racism.

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A call-to-action has been issued to Detroit voters concerning a controversial addition to the upcoming November ballot. The Detroit City Council voted Tuesday to include Mayor Mike Duggan’s revamped $250 million blight bond proposal on this year’s voting slip. The 5-4 decision came with discord as

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Sage Steele Is Reportedly Mad Because ESPN Didn’t Invite Her To The 'Cookout'

Sage Steels has reportedly complained to her ESPN bosses about not being included in the network's special about race, but the biracial anchor has a long, divisive history on the topic.

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Former Princeton Professor Says Democrats Are 'Using Black People to Advance a Radical Agenda'

Former Princeton University professor Carol Swain told Fox News last week that the Democratic Party is using Black Americans to advance its agenda.

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Sierra Leone politician highlights silver lining to COVID19 clouds in the ECOWAS region

Abdul Malik Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 July 2020: Sierra Leone female politician - Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, has spoken about the silver lining to the dark clouds of COVID19 outbreak in the ECOWAS subregion. Blyden was speaking in an exclusive chat with members of the ECOWAS Parliament

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Patrick Gillingham to be summonsed to testify before Zondo commission | News24

Former correctional services chief financial officer Patrick Gillingham was scheduled to appear before the commission chaired by Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.

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Field Negro: trump's army | New Pittsburgh Courier

A lot of people have been predicting that something like this would happen, but I have been holding out hope that they were wrong. I was hoping that fascism would never come to America. We know that this president is capable of, he has already shown us who he is. (Remember what happened on June

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Regional traders seek answers on cross-border cargo delays

East African traders have always dreamt of a smooth movement of goods across the region.

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Uhuru Kenyatta postpones Covid review meeting to Monday

President’s summit with the 47 county chiefs has been rescheduled to Monday, July 27 upon the request of the governors.

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Source: Business Daily

Anti-Conde protests: clashes as Guineans return to the streets | Africanews

Anti-government protests resumed in Guinea’s capital Conakry, with heavy clashes between the protesters and the security forces, resulting in injuries

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Former Princeton Professor Says Democrats Are 'Using Black People to Advance a Radical Agenda'

Former Princeton professor Carol Swain told Fox News last week the Democratic party is using Black Americans to advance its agenda. According to the Western Journal, Swain, an African American…

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Source: The Black Chronicle

S. Africa: Anti-apartheid icon and last Rivonia trialist Andrew Mlangeni dies at 95 | Africanews

Anti-apartheid icon and the last surviving Rivonia trialist, Andrew Mlangeni has died at the age of

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Carver Wins $50 Million Tax Credit Award | The Savannah Tribune

Carver Fin ancial Corpora- tion, the holding company for Carver State Bank, was notified today that it will receive an allocation of $50 million in New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. Today’s award is

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

'Whoever takes over has big boots to fill' - Cape Malay Choir Board president succumbs to Covid-19 | News24

Shafick April, 82, served as president of the Cape Malay Choir Board for over 30 years. He was recovering from a stent replacement in hospital and tested positive for Covid-19.

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COVID-19 could widen economic gender gap, IMF warns

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - The novel coronavirus pandemic could jeopardise progress made by women over the last three decades in narrowing the economic gap between themselves and their male counterparts, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday.

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55 years of failed promises - finally the criminal libel law of Sierra Leone is close to repeal

Rodney Michael: Sierra Leone telegraph: 21 July 2020: It was 55 years ago, under the SLPP Government led by Prime Minister Albert Margai, when the Public Order Act of 1965 was introduced in Sierra Leone, with some very strong condemnation of the sections relating to the Criminal Libel Law. Many

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Trump's Secret 'Gestapo' Police Coming To City Near You: Report

Federal agents who have been eerily compared to the Gestapo are expected to be coming to several "diverse cities" soon in a purported attempt to end violence by, well, bringing violence.

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Clicks or mortar? Which will win after Covid-19 - TechCentral

The days of business predictability are long gone. They started unravelling with the dot-com bubble and now, with Covid, they are most decidedly a thing of the past. By Paul Ruinaard.

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Exclusive: Woman Confronted At Kanye West Rally Speaks Out- 'Kanye West Perpetuates Misogynoir. He's AntiBlack'

Iesha M. Daniels, the Howard student who was challenged by Kanye West at his presidential rally in South Carolina, speaks out about her experience and his antiBlackness.

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LA Activists Drill Down on Who Deserves Reparations for Slavery and Why - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Two bills calling for the study of reparations owed to African Americans are making their way through both the California legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives. As state and federal lawmakers grapple with whether or not the State of

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Georgia reports second-highest COVID-19 death total so far | The Atlanta Voice

Georgia reported its second-highest daily count of coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, in what health officials said was a consequence of the elevated number of infections the state has seen since June. The day in which a death is reported in Georgia is often not the day it occurs, and it’s not

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Anti-apartheid struggle stalwart Andrew Mlangeni dies | News24

Struggle stalwart and the last surviving Rivonia Trialist Andrew Mlangeni has died. He was 95.

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Restaurant Associates Limited opens 8th Little Caesars

Restaurant Associates Limited (RAL) opened its eighth Little Caesars pizza restaurant in the country last Thursday as it continued its aggressive expansion drive that is providing affordable and convenient meal options, as well as more jobs to Jamaicans.

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Giants manager says 'nothing more patriotic than peaceful protests' after Trump criticizes team for kneeling during national anthem - L.A. Focus Newspaper

"My response is I don't see it as disrespect at all,'' Kapler

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How History-Making MSNBC Host Joy Reid is Changing Mainstream Media

Joy Reid is on a mission. The journalist and MSNBC host (born Joy-Ann Lomena) is the first Black woman to anchor a cable primetime news show. But beyond making history,…

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Racism can Affect Black Women's Cognitive Health, Risk of Memory Issues: Study

A new study revealed this week has found that everyday racism can be harmful to the brain health of Black women who report higher rates of discrimination and were 2.75 times more likely to suffer poor subjective cognitive functioning. Poor subjective cognitive functioning, which impacts memory and

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The CEO of Tapestry Resigned Following Misconduct Probe

Tapestry, whose products include Coach and Kate Spade handbags, announced Chairman and CEO Jide Zeitlin has resigned for personal reasons.

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Indianapolis 500 Attendance Limited to 25% Capacity - Black News Channel

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Attendance will be limited to 25% capacity for the Indianapolis 500 and spectators will be required to wear face coverings at 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.' Indianapolis Motor Speedway can hold approximately 350,000 fans in the grandstands, suites and infield, but officials

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14 People Shot While Attending Southside Funeral | Chicago Defender

At around 6:30 pm Tuesday, 14 people attending the funeral of a young man who was shot last week were shot themselves in an exchange of gunfire. The victims left the service at Rhodes Funeral Home on West 79th street when witnesses say someone driving a black vehicle began shooting at the attendees

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Source: Chicago Defender

Harriet Tubman's Great-Great-Niece Says If It Weren't For My Aunt, Kanye West Would Be On A Plantation…

Tina Wyatt shared her thoughts in a video interview with TMZ where she defended the honored legacy of her great-great-aunt, Harriet Tubman.

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Poll: 63% support Black Lives Matter as recognition of discrimination jumps - DefenderNetwork.com

Sixty-three percent of Americans support the Black Lives Matter movement and a record 69% - the most by far in 32 years of polling - say Black people and other minorities are denied equal treatment in the criminal justice system, two of several signs of deep changes in public attitudes on racial

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

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