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Juneteenth Becomes a Holiday for County Employees
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and County Board Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson announced today by way of Executive Order #20-15 that Milwaukee County employees will have a floating holiday on June 19 to mark Juneteenth Day and the end of slavery in
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High School Senior Gets Into 24 Colleges While Running A Company
In the case of 17-year-old RuQuan “Ru” Brown, his mission was always clear—excel in school and get into
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Study: COVID is Hurting Renters More Than Homeowners. Here’s How To Avoid Eviction
With some 50 million people renting and many perhaps incurring job or income misfortune because of the crisis,  enters in 11 American states and Puerto Rico are among those at the greatest risk of enduring housing instability,  according to a new analysis by The
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South Rupununi grappling with flooding and COVID-19 apprehensions
The seasonal floods in the Rupununi region during the annual rainy season have continuously been affecting region 9, which in extreme cases had adversely affected many
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Environmental justice means racial justice, say activists
Tackling systemic racism is fundamental to achieving environmental and climate justice, according to leading activists, as Covid-19 disparities and the global uprising against police brutality lay bare the ramifications of racial inequalities in every sphere of
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Coronavirus Update: D.L. Hughley Tests Positive for Covid-19
Officials in parts of southern states including Florida, South Carolina, Georgia and Texas are discovering a shift in the age of people testing positive for
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Investing In Harm Reduction Must Be Included In The Movement To Defund Police
When police respond to 911 calls about people experiencing homelessness or mental health crises, the results can be
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The Original Karens: From Emmett Till’s Accuser To The White Woman Who Sparked The Tulsa Massacre
Over the weekend, #KarensGoneWild trended on social media with jaw-dropping videos of frantic white women attacking Black women, toddlers, teenagers and grown Black
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Lloyd’s of London Apologizes for Its Role in the Slave Market
With the worldwide uproar over the racial prejudices that have been taking place for centuries, British insurance market Lloyd’s of London has come forward to apologize for its role in the slave market and share a few of its initiatives going forward according to a written statement by the
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AP-NORC poll: Majority of Americans support police protests | The Atlanta Voice
Ahead of the Juneteenth holiday weekend’s demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality, a majority of Americans say they approve of recent protests around the
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'We Struggle Together, We Thrive Together'
The center, founded by Derrell Roberts and his wife Tina Roberts, currently runs four CDF Freedom Schools sites in the Sacramento, California
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With coronavirus cases climbing, Gov. Abbott says ' no real need' to scale back business reopenings
With coronavirus cases climbing, Gov. Abbott says ‘no real need’ to scale back business reopenings
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Steps to ensure digital security for learners
As we adjust to the new normal and governments take the much needed next steps towards safely re-opening the economies and adopting possible return to school strategies, blended learning will play a key role in ensuring that some of the non – essential aspects of learning that do not require face
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Battling COVID-19
With 12 deaths, 183 cases and 2,048 tests done up to Saturday, the Ministry of Public Health continues to face questions about its handling of the COVID-19
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Uhuru pledges to respect term limit in 2022
President Uhuru Kenyatta pledged Thursday that he will respect the Constitution’s limit of two terms in the nation’s top
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Kathy Barnette: Police misconduct isn’t biggest problem facing black Americans – here’s what is
We watch as primarily white liberals come into predominately black communities and tell us what our problems are and how to fix
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Mozambique repatriates 100 Indians
Mozambique on Saturday allowed the repatriation of 100 Indians who were stranded in the country over Covid-19 travel
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DRC goes on with Grand Inga dam project
Despite the coronavirus challenge in the country, the Democratic Republic of Congo is moving ahead with plans to sell the Grand Inga dam project to the
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Juneteenth Marks Day Last Enslaved People Freed
The next year, former slaves started celebrating Juneteenth in Galveston, and it eventually reached other
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On Juneteenth: A Call for Tech to Act to Combat Racial Inequality
6:19-8:46: Jesse Jackson’s PUSHTech2020 and the UK-based Colorintech launches a call for the tech Industry to make transparent, measurable commitments to fighting systemic racial injustice”Jesse Jackson’s PUSHTech2020 and the UK-based Colorintech launches a call for the tech Industry to make
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Washington NFL Team Retires Jersey Of Its First Black Player, Leaves Racist Name In Place
Washington’s NFL team on Saturday announced that it is retiring jersey number 49, which was worn by Bobby Mitchell, the team’s first Black
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Brother of Robert Fuller, California Man Found Hanged In Tree, Gunned Down by L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies a Week Later In Nearby City
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed the half-brother of Robert Fuller, a Black man found hanged in a tree in a Southern California town earlier this month, after a traffic stop in the city of Rosamond on the afternoon of Wednesday, June
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WATCH: Stars gather for online festival to combat hunger in Amazon rainforest | Afro
More than a million Brazilians have been diagnosed with COVID-19, many of them indigenous people in the Amazon
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Congressman John Lewis’ Legacy Celebrated With ‘Good Trouble’ Campaign To Inspire Social Change
LOS ANGELES (June 19, 2020)- Participant, the leading media company dedicated to entertainment that inspires audiences to engage in positive social change, today announced the “Good Trouble” impact campaign to coincide with the release of the new documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble and in
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K-Pop fans, TikTok users claim credit for low turnout at Trump Tulsa rally
Supporters listen as U.S. President Donald Trump speaksat a campaign rally at the BOK Center, June 20, 2020 in
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The Truth is No Longer Color Blind
The dastardly “his-storical” truth is that it’s all in plain old Black and White for the world to see, and that’s as near a reality as the distance from Minneapolis to Houston is as this potentially great nation struggles with the mounting police miscarriages, exposing continual systematic
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NNPA President Dr. Ben Chavis to moderate Forum on Equality
National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., will serve as a moderator for an important national forum on racial equality in Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday, June
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Texas Democrats urge Abbott to call special session as details emerge showing Javier Ambler's death at the hands of sheriff's deputies
Local and state leaders are calling for the resignation of Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody and for the deputies involved in Javier Ambler’s death to be
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Juneteenth: Celebrating The Early Moments Of Freedom Today
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