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As residents of the northeast town of Annotto Bay emerged from their homes at the end of a 14-day quarantine, there are calls for caution amid the new-found
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New Song Calls Out Doctors Who Send Black Patients Home to Die
Nationwide — A new song about the Coronavirus is infecting Black America with some very powerful, hard-hitting
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India snake-bite assassin killed wife at second attempt
After first failing with a viper, an Indian man has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife by letting loose a cobra in her room, police said
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Going The Distance By Bus Through A Pandemic
Los Angeles, CA  — Mary Pierson boarded a nearly empty L.A. Metro bus at the corner of Atlantic Boulevard and Riggin Street in Monterey Park one recent
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Guyanese cricketers stranded in TT expected to return
With over 300 confirmed Guyanese stranded overseas during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, four cricketers stranded in Trinidad and Tobago are expected to be reunited with their families at
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South Sudan: First COVID-19 Death Reported
South Sudan health officials announced the country’s first death from COVID-19 on Friday, with a top health official describing the deceased as a 51-year old "high-profile South
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First batch of stranded Guyanese return home
The first group of Guyanese repatriated amidst COVID-19 protocols landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, yesterday
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The Tie Breaker Ruling in Perspective: A Plaintiff Looks Back on the Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decision of 2007
In 2000 Kathleen Brose led an organization called Parents Involved in Community Schools which filed a lawsuit against the Seattle School District, challenging its tie-breaker rule in Seattle Public Schools which gave preference to racial minorities in school assignments when all else was
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UWI Caribbean students feel trapped, abandoned in Ja
Caribbean students still stuck at The University of the West Indies, Mona, are anxious to get home as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the
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Gaspard, Patrick (1967- )
Patrick Gaspard’s career in politics and diplomacy spans three decades. Gaspard’s work has involved him in politics at the city and national level and has put him in contact with constituencies traditionally associated with the Democratic Party. As of this writing, Gaspard serves as United States
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Real Times Media awarded $100,000 Facebook COVID-19 news grant
To help fund our continued coverage of the coronavirus impact in our community, Real Times Media has been selected to receive a Facebook Journalism Project COVID-19 US Local News Relief Grant in the amount of
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Ahmaud Arbery’s Alleged Murderer Was Allegedly Encouraged By Cops To Be A Vigilante
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My Truth: Thanks, Destiny
When she accepted an assignment in New York City, she said she had no idea what her responsibilities would
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Sailors on sidelined carrier get virus for second time
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five sailors on the aircraft carrier sidelined in Guam due to a COVID-19 outbreak have tested positive for the virus for the second time and have been taken off the ship, according to the
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Angola: COVID-19 - Hoji-Ya-Henda District to Face Health Fence
Luanda — With the increase of local transmission cases of covid-19 from 16 to 18 in the latest 24 hours, the Multisectoral Commission is working to put under sanitary fence the district of Hoyi-Ya-Henda in the municipality of Cazenga, assured last Sunday the Minister of Health, Sílvia
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Cyber-Youth Network Launch
On Wednesday, February 3rd, for the first time in history, Americas urban students will have a Web site specifically designed to address their educational needs and interests. The site -- called the Cyber-Youth Network -- provides a model for online education by offering students and teachers
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Psychologist Dr. Jeff Gardere Shares a Few Ways to Help People Cope with their Mental Health Amid the Protests
Within the past few months, the nation has not only suffered from a global pandemic, but now many people across the country are rioting, protesting, and looting in an effort to end police brutality following the death of George
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NEGROE INVENTS TROLLEY CAR DEVICE
HOPE, MD, Walter M. Hard, a young black barber, has invented a device which will improve trolley car service enormously.Hards device, which he has patented, makes it almost impossible for the electrical contact on top of a car to slip off the overhead wire. This will eliminate the many wasteful
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Tunisia: COVID-19 - 3 More Infection Cases Reported in Mahdia
Tunis/Tunisia — Three more COVID-19 infection cases have been reported in the mandatory quarantine centres in Mahdia, Local Health Director in Mahdia Samia Fekih Ahmed told
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‘Justice Now: A BET Town Hall’ Featuring Stacey Abrams, Brittany Packnett And More
As protests rage for the 13th straight day over the repeated and habitual police killings of Black people, BET is unpacking this historic moment with a primetime town hall on social justice on Sunday (June
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Dixon, Julian (1934-2000)
Born in Washington, D.C. on August 8, 1934, Julian Dixon represented part of Los Angeles in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty-two years. After serving in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1960, Dixon attended California State University, Los Angeles. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1962 and
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How Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed Eric Garner's killing, was prosecuted by the FBI
In 2014, Eric Garner was killed on Staten Island, New York when an officer Daniel Pantaleo, put Garner in a chokehold while a group of cops tried arresting him on accusations that included
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Libya: President Cyril Ramaphosa Participates in AU Contact Group Meeting On Libya, 19 May
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Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy
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Apple, Google Release Pandemic Apps | Afro
The companies said 22 countries and several U.S. states are already planning to build voluntary phone apps using their
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Nigerian Govt Sets Strict Conditions for Churches, Mosques to Reopen
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has said under the new guidelines it recently released to ease the lockdown, worship centres will only be permitted to operate for a maximum of one hour each time they
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It’s True. When America Catches a Cold, Black America Gets Pneumonia
The global pandemic has caused a devastating public health crisis, initiated a global economic disaster, and in the United States, pulled back the curtain on the deep-rooted racial inequities that
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10 Years Old, Tearful and Confused After a Sudden Deportation
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MCTS to resume fare collection on June 1
The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) announced that it will resume fare collection and front door boarding on all buses and on paratransit vehicles providing Transit Plus rides starting at 4:00 a.m. on June
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