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Eliminating exams to enter gifted programs? | New Pittsburgh Courier
by J. Pharoah Doss For New Pittsburgh Courier I went to a high school that was 98 percent Black. I had Black classmates that were in a predominately Black gifted program. Naturally, the gifted students were a tiny percentage out of the entire student body. However, no Black parent, local Black
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COVID-19 Vaccines: Victory for public research, not ‘greed’ and ‘capitalism’
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Case against paying compensation to white farmers for land appropriation
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Smithsonian Employee Union Raises Concerns About Safety During Reopenings - Government Executive
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ESPN fires former NBA player Paul Pierce after video of wild party goes viral
Former NBA star Paul Pierce and ESPN have parted ways days after he went live on Instagram at a wild party, which went viral, according to multiple reports. On Friday, Paul went live on the social networking site where he was in a room with dancers, smoking, drinking and playing poker with
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Congo: Constitutional court ratifies Sassou's re-election victory | Africanews
President Denis Sassou Nguesso's victory in Congo's presidential election has been ratified by the constitutional court.
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Jimmy Fallon Features Black TikTok Dancers On 'Tonight Show' Following Controversy Over Addison Rae Performance - Blavity
Jimmy Fallon addressed the social media controversy over the last episode of his talk show  The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he had fledgling pop star and TikTok personality Addison Rae perform eight different dances that are popular on the platform, a number of which came from Black
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House calls bring COVID-19 vaccine to homebound patients | BlackPressUSA
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Homelessness in Juneau up, amid national upward trend - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… than sheltered, as well. Nationally, African Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Americans … population identified as Black or African American was relatively small, at 3% … of the population. Black or African American residents made up only 1 …
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Mike Huckabee Posts Fantastically Ignorant Tweet, Appears Upset By Major Corporations' Support Of People Of Color - Blavity
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Catching COVID Between Vaccines? The Doc is In to Answer. | Local COVID-19 | The Michigan Chronicle
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Texas Rangers sell over 38,000 tickets to home opener, marking one of the first full-capacity sporting events in a year | Dallas Weekly
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Rejection Was The Mother Of Creation For ‘Concrete Park’ Co-Creator  – Free Press of Jacksonville
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Biden Moving Vaccination Eligibility Date to April 19 - The Washington Informer
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Hope As Australian Environment Fights Back | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
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Biden set to announce vaccine eligibility for all adults on April 19 - BNC
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Cocaine dealers nabbed at RGM International Airport
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The Chauvin Trial Will Impact How A Generation Views Justice - Blavity
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Rejection Was The Mother Of Creation For ‘Concrete Park’ Co-Creator  - The Washington Informer
LOS ANGELES — Working in Hollywood for years, actress and writer Erika Alexander has suffered her share of rejection. But one stung deeply — ultimately making her more creative and determined. By the early 2010s, Alexander was well-known for her role as attorney Maxine Shaw on Fox’s “Living
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Let’s all contribute towards a fairer, healthier world
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All Politics is Local: Check Out These Local Elections Happening Tuesday
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President Biden Nominates Three Black Women for Federal Court of Appeals | BlackPressUSA
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CSUN Conference on the Influence and Impact of the K-pop Phenomenon BTS - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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