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the virus hit African Americans disproportionately hard. African Americans are still contracting – the nation’s wealthiest African American enclave. Comparable white communities ineffective patient-provider interactions, African Americans suffer the most.
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Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani Called The BLM Movement A Marxist Group
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani called Black Lives Matter a “Marxist organization” that “has been planning to destroy the police for three years.”
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Happy Independence Day America, Your Birth Chart Is a Mess
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Trump Still Refuses To Rename Army Bases Named After Confederate Leaders
President Trump is refusing to rename military bases that are named after confederate leaders saying their history is too storied.
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Pandemic brings back neighborhood friendships - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Children's social worlds have been upended by the suspension of school and extracurricular activities due to the pandemic. Many older children and adolescents have been able to maintain their friendships over social media. But, for younger children, this approach is less likely to be available to
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Democrats say US Needs to Address Protective Gear Shortage - Black News Channel
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press/ BNC Contributor A congressional committee criticized President Donald Trumps administration on Thursday for a series of problems in distributing personal protective and testing equipment during the coronavirus pandemic and called on the administration to come up
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Funeral for Robert Fuller, hanged black man in California - Black News Channel
Funeral services were held on June 30, for Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old man who was found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California on June 10. Anita Bennett reports the service was filled with tributes and calls for answers from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs
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"There’s so many cool queer characters in the comic books, and they should have a place on screen," Thompson said.
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What California’s budget deal means for K-12 schools - Black Voice News
California’s new budget provides enough funding for schools to pivot to hybrid learning when they reopen this fall. But school officials fear Sacramento’s decision to delay cuts could throw districts into the fiscal abyss later. The $202 billion budget Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Monday
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LAPD funding slashed by $150M, reducing number of officers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — City leaders voted Wednesday to slash the Los Angeles Police Department budget by $150 million, reducing the number of officers to a level not seen for more than a decade amid nationwide demands to shift money away from law enforcement agencies during America’s reckoning over
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Meet the Black Farmer | Afro
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LAPD budget slashed by $150M, reducing number of officers - Black News Channel
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