Sophisticated Settings — Lifestyle — March 12, 2021 | Afro

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Sophisticated Settings — Lifestyle — March 12, 2021 | Afro

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Remembering Charles Jackson French, a forgotten world war II hero

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA Newswire) — It remains by far one of the most heroic acts performed in war, and it also counts as one of the most underappreciated sacrifices in American history. Charles Jackson French, an African-American orphan, and

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Ethiopia: Institute Takes Special Permit Process Online

A team of eight tech experts under the Technology & Innovation Institute have developed an online system to process special permits for private vehicles to be used daily during the state of

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Why we’re obsessed with Valentine’s Day | Afro

From BET We can all agree that Valentine’s Day—a holiday meant to celebrate love—is pretty stressful, especially for singles. There suddenly becomes all this added pressure to find a date for those who may be otherwise be happy on any other given day. Craigslist is filled with personals of people

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Golden Globes host touts ‘Action Plan’ to address diversity problem | Afro

By AFRO Staff In the lead-up to the Golden Globes Awards on Feb. 28, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has faced a barrage of criticism about the absence of Black journalists among its membership. But the 87-member group, creator of the prestigious film awards, said it has an “action

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Dangerous rhetoric + false claims = Violence and havoc in cities across America | Afro

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the 2020 election and his and the Republican Party’s dangerous actions and rhetoric are now causing damage that might not easily be undone. Led by the Proud

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Our Native Daughters bring Black women's voices to forefront | Afro

By KRISTIN M. HALL, AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Playing a banjo as a Black female artist is a form of activism for the four members of Our Native Daughters. Their story, appearing in a new documentary called 'Reclaiming History: Our Native Daughters' airing on the Smithsonian

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Chomsky: US virus response fatally 'chaotic'

The United States is on a chaotic path with no federal plan against the coronavirus pandemic as it reduces public health funding and ignores the advances of climate change, according to activist scholar Noam Chomsky, considered the founder of modern

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Morgan Adds New Exclusive, Multidisciplinary STEM Degrees in Emerging Fields | Afro

Morgan State University Expands STEM Program Offerings with Addition of New and Exclusive Multidisciplinary Degrees in Emerging Fields of Study MSU Board of Regents Approves Dual Degree Aerospace Program with Purdue University, and a New Mechatronics Engineering Program BALTIMORE — The path has

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Privacy rights and protection/safety needs clash over COVID-19

“Both privacy of individuals and protection of first responders are very important, but they are not mutually exclusive,” said State Rep. G.A. Hardaway (D-93), chairman of the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators

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Letter to the Editor | Afro

By Natasha Lawrence Dear Editor, I am a US Citizen and Spouse of a Foreign National. I feel my family is being left behind as bills with Immigration Reform provisions are being introduced, like the Farm Workers Modernization Act. The waiver language in this bill provides relief for minor unlawful

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Cardin says the American Rescue Plan will bring needed relief to Marylanders | Afro

“Emergencies like this are when government can best bring together the resources that will make a positive difference in people’s lives.” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and a senior member of the Senate Finance

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Frontline Workers, Public Employees Hit Hard By Fraudulent Unemployment Claims

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New Zealand clears last Covid-19 case

New Zealand has no active Covid-19 cases after the country's final patient was given the all clear and released from isolation, health authorities said

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Bubba Wallace, Who Urged Confederate Flag Ban, Honored | Afro

By JENNA FRYER, AP Auto Racing Writer Bubba Wallace's 'knees were trembling' when he cast his ballot in his first presidential election. NASCAR's only Black full-time driver didn't watch the news before this summer, one of national unrest over politics and racial justice. He tuned in and quickly

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Nigerian scientist studies country's coronavirus variant | Afro

By LEKAN OYEKANMI, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian scientist has spent the holiday season in his laboratory doing genetic sequencing to learn more about the country's COVID-19 variant, as cases increase in the country. Virologist Sunday Omilabu says the information he gathers

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AboutThatCar.com: 2020 Lexus GS 350 F Sport | Dallas Weekly

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WATCH: Lee blasts ‘anti-American’ groups: ‘The mob hates America on America’s dime’ | Afro

Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah threatened Thursday to pull federal funding away from Americas cities and institutions of higher learning who he claimed have formed an anti-American, anti-science, anti-establishment, anti-Constitution mob. In a Senate floor speech before Congresss Independence Day

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‘We won’t forget’ | Afro

By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Although she never met her famous grandparents, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, or her aunt and namesake; Yolanda Renee King, at 12 years old, is evidence that the adage, “the apple doesn’t fall from the tree,” still rings

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Georgia Republicans take aim at Sunday voting | Afro

By AFRO Staff Republican-backed bills that would limit weekend voting in Georgia are being decried as a direct attempt to suppress Black voters—much like the Jim Crow laws of yesteryear. “If you don’t want to be associated with the Jim Crow South, stop leading the charge to take us back

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Patriots owner Robert Kraft's prostitution case heads to appellate court

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors charging New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with twice buying sex from massage parlor prostitutes will attempt to save their case this week by arguing to an appeals court that his rights weren’t violated when police secretly video-recorded him in the

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African Americans die more frequently from Covid-19, but MIT researchers say poverty isn’t why | Afro

Black Americans are dying from Covid-19 more frequently than white people. But two researchers found its not because of obesity or poverty. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management professor Christopher Knittel and graduate research assistant Bora Ozaltun analyzed daily

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AFRO newsroom chosen: Report for America announces more than 300 reporter positions in 2021 | Afro

Report for America unveils more than sixty new newsroom partners—including a doubling of Black and Hispanic owned media—and opens the application window for new reporters By SAM KILLE, Report for America Report for America today announced the selection of 64 new local news organizations as host

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Trump signs police reform executive order that focuses on training, falls short of protesters’ demands

President Trump on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 addressed the issue of police brutality by taking executive action that would provide incentives for police departments to increase training about the use of force and to strengthen a national database to track

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Opinion: Lawmakers Can Get Thousands Back To Work By Greenlighting Stalled Projects | Afro

Move these projects forward and get Americans back to work By Bette Grande With more than 40 million Americans out of a job due to the coronavirus pandemic, states are scrambling to help the unemployed and laying plans to reopen the economy. Many of the proposed measures could take time to bring

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KARANJA: Why data governance is key to restarting growth

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