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A Republican policing reform measure is on the verge of collapse - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The move by Democrats caps weeks of calls from both parties to move quickly on police reform amid protests and civil unrest across the country following high-profile episodes of police use of deadly force that sparked a national backlash. But efforts to find common ground have largely devolved into
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Senate votes to extend small business relief program : TheGrio
Democrats pushed a temporary extension of the Paycheck Protection Program through the Senate with a unanimous vote before the application deadline expired. The post Senate votes to extend small business relief program appeared first on TheGrio.
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Seattle cops clear occupied zone, more than 20 arrested - Black News Channel
By MARTHA BELLISLE and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police turned out in force early Wednesday at the citys occupied protest zone, tore down demonstrators encampments and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal
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Rihanna Demands Justice In Breonna Taylor Case, Calls Out Kentuckys Attorney General
Many have been blasting Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron since the three Louisville police officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor in her home this []
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As IndyCar approaches major stage, uncertainty looms on its approach to social justice movement
well-rounded driver diversity. An African-American presence among mechanics and engineers -profit that reaches out to African-American and other minority youth communities
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The State That Is Too Great To Hate. Georgia Passes A Hate Crime Bill | The Savannah Tribune
On Friday, June 26, 2020, Georgia House Bill 426, known as the Hate Crimes Bill, was the center of a historic bill-signing ceremony at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. This momentous occasion was the result of work by a bipartisan effort in the Georgia Legislation that was long overdue and has
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Indias app ban threatens Chinas rise as global tech power - TechCentral
China over the past decade built an alternate online reality where Google and Facebook barely exist. Now its own largest tech corporations are getting a taste of what a shutout feels like.
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Javicia Leslie announced as TV's first Black Batwoman : TheGrio
Actress Javicia Leslie has been tapped as the new series lead on the CWs Batwoman. The casting makes her the... View Article The post Javicia Leslie announced as TVs first Black Batwoman appeared first on TheGrio.
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Solving the CNL6 mystery in Batten disease - Milwaukee Community Journal
Batten disease is a family of 13 rare, genetically distinct conditions. Collectively, they are the most prevalent cause of neurodegenerative disease in children, affecting 1 in 12,500 live births in the U.S. One of the Batten disease genes is CLN6. How mutations in this gene lead to the disease has
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Brooklyn Nets Baller DeAndre Jordan Test Positive For COVID-19, Out For Season
While America continues to reopen cities local officials are seeing to see their efforts backfiring. The National Basketball Association might be speeding too. As spotted on TMZ DeAndre Jordan has announced that he has contracted COVID-19. On Monday, June 29 he confirmed the news via his official
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$150 million road rehabilitation project for Treadlight, Clarendon
The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is set to roll out a major road rehabilitation project in the community of Treadlight in Clarendon. The project, being implemented under the JSIF Integrated Community Development Project (ICDP), is being...
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KAGECHE: Remove friction in buyer experience
It may be a sale to the seller but it is a purchase experience to the buyer. And unless you are a monopoly selling electricity, the latter always triumphs.
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Experts Discuss White Nationalism And Trump's Controversial Retweet : NPR
NPR's Noel King speaks with Errin Haines, an editor at The 19th, and Cynthia Miller-Idriss, an expert on white nationalism, about President Trump's sharing of a controversial video.
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Coronavirus: Government accused of keeping Leicester authorities in the dark over local outbreak - African American News Today - EIN News
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Hampton Inn Worker Fired After Calling Police On Black Family For Using Swimming Pool
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Why I Believe Non-Black Minorities Should Help Create Black Radical Agenda, Not An Agenda Black People Are Conveniently Used For
Racism and specifically anti-Blackness is the basis for our current world. Even in leftist movements, Black communities have been objectified to benefit others. What can non-Black minorities do?
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Conflict of interest in $2 million Petrojam donation to Munro College?
The Integrity Commission is questioning whether there was a conflict of interest in a $2 million donation by the scandal-hit oil refinery, Petrojam, to the St Elizabeth-based Munro College in 2017. The money was to help renovate tennis courts at...
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Capitol Hill grappling with Confederate statues and tributes to racists
With symbols of the nation's painful past coming down across the country, under the dome of one of the most revered buildings in the nation -- the US Capitol -- still sit more than a dozen tributes to Confederate soldiers, officials and known racists.
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Black women need to be free : TheGrio
“If Black women were free,” wrote the Combahee River Collective, “it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression.”  As a Black feminist sociologist who studies race and health equity, I’ve been thinking
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California Moves One Step Closer to Granting Parolees Right to Vote – Observer News Group
Assemblymember Kevin McCarty’s (D-Sacramento) Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 (ACA 6) passed out of the California State Senate last week. 
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Princeton, Woodrow Wilson and my father
head its renamed Program in African-American Studies in 1988, that it commentator Eddie Glaude, Jr., that African American Studies was made a full build the best Department of African-American Studies in the world. As
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Seattle mayor orders occupied area cleared, police arrive - Black News Channel
By MARTHA BELLISLE and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police converged on the citys occupied protest zone early Wednesday after Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an executive order for protesters to vacate the area. People have occupied several blocks around a park and the Seattle
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Celebrating the Journey of Black Music and its impact on American Culture
By H. Beecher Hicks, III, President CEO of the National Museum of African American Music Lately, the phrase ‘unprecedented times’ is so widely used that much of the world around us feels alien in comparison to our previous “normal.” Throughout the sanitation frenzy and social distancing
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Tyler Perry to pay funeral expenses for girl shot in Atlanta | The Atlanta Voice
Tyler Perry has offered to pay the funeral expenses for an 8-year-old girl who was fatally shot in Atlanta over the weekend, a representative for the actor and filmmaker confirmed Wednesday. “I’m outraged today because I’d rather be paying for 8-year-old Secoriea Turner’s college than her
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Greenleaf: OWN Network hit is the number one cable telecast for women | The Atlanta Voice
The fifth and final season premiere of OWN’s hit megachurch drama “Greenleaf” (6/23/20) delivered 1.9 million viewers and ranked as Tuesday night’s #1 cable telecast in OWN’s key demographic of women 25-54, which is up +2% from last season’s premiere. The acclaimed drama from
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Glee actress Naya Rivera missing after son, 4, found alone on boat
Actress Naya Rivera is reportedly missing after California authorities found her 4-year-old son alone on a boat on Wednesday. The... View Article The post Glee actress Naya Rivera missing after son, 4, found alone on boat appeared first on TheGrio.
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Nigeria coronavirus: 25,694 cases; eased lockdown Phase II starts | Africanews
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, as at end of June 2020 was Africa’s third most impacted country only behind South Africa and
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Jackie Aina Responds To Disturbing Comments About Lightening Her Skin
In addition to endless makeup products, beauty influencer Jackie Aina occasionally receives unsolicited advice about what to do with her body. The beloved beauty guru took to Instagram on Tuesday
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Morehouse College president responds to criticisms regarding gift from Netflix CEO | The Atlanta Voice
A generous donation of $120 million to historically Black institutions Morehouse College, Spelman College and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin has sparked much criticism from HBCU students who feel their institutions are excluded from such
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WHEDA Foundation now accepting housing grant applications - Milwaukee Community Journal
MADISON – Wisconsin organizations that provide emergency shelter, transitional residences and extremely low-income housing are encouraged to apply for grants from the WHEDA Foundation. Administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the WHEDA Foundation grants improve
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