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The Georgia Democratic Party is asking a county judge to grant additional time to review absentee and provisional ballots from the state’s primary earlier this week following widespread election
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Dave Chappelle Rips Candace Owens’ Anti-Blackness: ‘I Can’t Think Of A Worse Way To Make Money’
Owens’ name was tucked into a comedy bit that at times was hilarious and at other times was, of course, very sobering considering the reason why Chappelle was performing it in the first
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Nkurunziza's closed-door strategy worked to keep power
Nkurunziza’s sour relations with international organisations began in 2015 when he insisted on running for a for a third
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Thousands Turn Out For Black Lives Matter Silent March
Thousands of people turned out Friday afternnon to Judkins Park in Seattle’s Central area for Black Lives Matter Seattle King County’s March of
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Charter Invests $10 Miliion Dollars with National Urban League and National Action Network to Assist Black-Owned Small Businesses in Underserved Communities
Stamford, CT. – June 11, 2020 – Charter Communications, Inc. today announced the company will invest $10 million in partnership with both the National Urban League (NUL) and National Action Network (NAN) to support Black and other minority-owned small businesses in underserved
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The Black Lives Matter Movement and a Breakthrough Deal Boost a Black Winemaker’s Business
Two tough years in the making, there were days when Longevity founder Phil Long, 60, wasn’t sure the marriage of his small business, one of the nation’s few certified black-owned wineries, with Bronco Wine Co., one of the largest wine producers in the U.S., would
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Somalia: Two Police Officers Detained Following Torture of Two Women in Puntland
Two police officer from Puntland have been suspended for torturing two
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Bandits kill 99 people in northern Nigeria
At least 99 people were killed Tuesday by bandits in Borno and Katsina states, in northern
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Cameroon: CPJ Joins Call for Cameroonian Government to Account for Samuel Wazizi's Death in Custody
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined nine other human rights and press freedom groups yesterday in a statement calling on the Cameroonian government to allow for an independent probe into the death of journalist Samuel
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Atlanta police chief resigns after fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks
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Zimbabwe: MDC Wants Olympic Sanctions On Kirsty Coventry Over Zim Rights Abuses
The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly has demanded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to terminate Youth Minister Kirsty
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Melania Trump delayed move to White House as she renegotiated prenup
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Burundi: Nkurunziza Leaves Mixed Legacy, Poor Human Rights Record
The sudden death of outgoing Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza Tuesday came as a shock to everyone on the African political
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Mourners Pay Respect To David McAtee In Louisville
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The signs say Black Lives Matter. Yet the very people who are supposed to protect us too often, in too many places, don't seem to agree
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RAYAC Sponsors Millennials of Faith Rally
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PBS Celebrates Pride Month with PRIDELAND, a Short-Form Digital Series and New One-Hour Special with Host and Actor Dyllón Burnside, Exploring LGBTQ+ Identity in the U.S. South
Digital episodes premiered May 26 on PBS Voices, a new documentary-focused YouTube channel from PBS Digital Studios; one-hour broadcast special premieres Friday, June 12 at 9:00 pm ET on PBS
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Somalia: Upper House of Parliament Now Wants a Joint Meeting Between President Farmajo and Regional States Over Election Plans
The Somalia Upper House of Parliament Speaker Abdi Hashi, and standing committee of the house held an impromptu meeting over election
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Floyd Murder Unleashes Black Parents’ Worst Fears
Her tears, she said, are for the senseless, callous murder of another innocent unarmed Black person, for the constant terror that African-Americans live under because of police brutality and extra-judicial murders; and a deep and persistent anxiety about her
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Burundi's Nkurunziza leaves a mixed legacy
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, who died of a heart attack aged 55 according to an official statement released on Tuesday, has left behind a mixed
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Nigeria: Afenifere, Junaid Mohammed, Opadokun React to Buhari's Democracy Day Speech
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Angela Davis To Receive BCRI’s Shuttlesworth Award on June 19
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Atlanta police officer shoots a man dead at a fast-food drive-thru, authorities say | The Atlanta Voice
An Atlanta police officer shot and killed a man at a Wendy’s drive-thru Friday night after he resisted arrest and struggled for an officer’s Taser, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in
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150 faculty members sign open letter to Georgia State University president for more diversity | The Atlanta Voice
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