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California San Quentin prison has made news for their response to COVID-19 as now half of the population has confirmed... View Article The post Half of San Quentin prisoners infected with COVID-19 appeared first on TheGrio.
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Gov. Kemp Sues Atlanta to Block Mask Mandates, Mayor Bottoms, Other Local Officials Respond: 'I Am Not Afraid'
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s administration filed a lawsuit against the city of Atlanta on Thursday, July 16 in an effort to prevent local officials from […]
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'The Governor Is Putting Politics Over People': Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Responds To Gov. Kemp's Bizarre Lawsuit Over Mask Order
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms doubled down on an earlier tweet where she spoke out against the troublesome lawsuit filed against her and several city council members on Thursday.
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Assa Traoré quest for justice helps fuel Black rights fight in France - Black News Channel
By ARNO PEDRAM and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press IVRY-SUR-SEINE, France (AP) — Assa Traoré has been fighting for justice ever since her brother Adama died in the custody of French police on his 24th birthday four years ago. And she's determined to keep fighting until 'the end,' she says: until
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Rev. C.T. Vivian, Beloved Civil Rights Icon Who Organized With MLK, Dies at 95
The Rev. C.T. Vivian, a treasured civil rights veteran who marched alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at his home in Atlanta, his family revealed Friday. He was 95.
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Michelle Obama to launch podcast about relationships and health - The New York Beacon
It’s the announcement Michelle Obama fans have all been desperately waiting for. Oh, sorry, not that one – Joe Biden seems to have that pretty much sewn up. But the former first lady is starting a podcast. The Michelle Obama Podcast is set to focus on relationship and health
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City of Oakland Affordable Housing Development Projects Awarded $90 Million from State Climate Action Programs
Three affordable housing developers were awarded a total of nearly $90 million, from two extremely competitive State of California funding programs, intended to develop green, resilient affordable housing in Oakland.  These three new construction developments will provide 462 units of affordable
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U.S. Census Bureau to host 2020 Census caravan in Houston's Fifth Ward - DefenderNetwork.com
On Saturday, July 18, the U.S. Census Bureau, in partnership with Houston’s Fifth Ward and Mayor Sylvester Turner, is hosting the first 2020 Census Caravan in the Fifth Ward neighborhood. The caravan is the first of a series that is expected to inform the community about the importance of
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Washington NFL Team Staffers Accused Of Sexual Harassment By More Than 15 Women
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Tamar Braxton rushed to hospital, suicide attempt suspected: report : TheGrio
After being found unresponsive on Thursday, July 16, R&B singer and reality tv star Tamar Braxton was rushed to the hospital. The post Tamar Braxton rushed to hospital, suicide attempt suspected: report appeared first on TheGrio.
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We Are Told To Hurt Quietly. I Am Not Doing It Anymore.' The Black Woman Talib Kweli Has Been Harassing For 10 Days, Speaks Out
Maya A. Moody, known as MoneyyMaya on Twitter has been enduring heinous harassment from rapper Talib Kweli for the past ten days when she spoke up and out about the issue of colorism in the Black community. Now, she's speaking out. See what she had to say.
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'It Was Exactly That:' August Alsina Agrees His Relationship With Jada Pinkett-Smith Was An Entanglement
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Oakland City Council’s Equity Caucus Allocate $2m for Health, Economic, and Food Access Disparities
Oakland City Council adopted a Fiscal Year 20-21 midcycle budget Tuesday with amendments that included CARES Act funding allocations to provide critical resources to residents and businesses for Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to community-based organizations that
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Women arrested for vandalizing BLM mural outside Trump Tower : TheGrio
For the second time this week, vandals defaced the Black Lives Matter street mural in front of Trump Tower on... View Article The post Women arrested for vandalizing BLM mural outside Trump Tower appeared first on TheGrio.
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Justice Ginsburg says Cancer has Returned, but won't Retire - Black News Channel
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press/ BNC Contributor  WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court. The 87-year-old Ginsburg, who has had four earlier bouts with
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NetOne acting board chair faces police grilling
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WALNUT PARK — The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission upheld the approval July 8 of an affordable housing project in unincorporated Walnut Park, denying an appeal filed by a resident. Henry Vasquez filed the appeal on March 19, asking for the county to overturn the approval Feb. 26 of
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United Way of Greater Atlanta announces 'United for Racial Equity and Healing' fund | The Atlanta Voice
United Way of Greater Atlanta announced that it has created the United for Racial Equity and Healing Fund to tackle the systemic issues underlying the correlation between race and zip codes, place, and equity. Funds will be invested in organizations in metro Atlanta that are primarily focused on
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Black Lives Matter protester statue replacing effigy of UK slave trader removed - Face2Face Africa
A figure of a Black Lives Matter protester installed to replace the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol has been removed. The statue of Jen Reid, photographed standing on the plinth with her fist raised after the bronze figure of the 17th-century slave trader was pulled down by
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2 Indiana men charged in assault on Black man, threat to 'get a noose' : TheGrio
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two men were charged Friday after a Black man said a group of white men assaulted him and... View Article The post 2 Indiana men charged in assault on Black man, threat to 'get a noose' appeared first on TheGrio.
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Chicago Defender’s Black Men of Excellence honored in a Special VIP Social Distancing Ceremony | Chicago Defender
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Gov. Kemp sues City of Atlanta for defiance on mask rules | The Atlanta Voice
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