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Ugly truths about American exceptionalism
Even though President Trump has left office, the United States will only regain trust as a reliable, constitutional democracy, if it can break through decades
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GOP leaders in 4 states quash dubious Trump bid on electors - L.A. Focus Newspaper
By BOB CHRISTIE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI | Associated Press Republican leaders in four critical states The post GOP leaders in 4 states quash dubious Trump bid on electors appeared first on L.A. Focus Newspaper.
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Appeals court judges reject State’s attempt to derail Palo Conteh’s case
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 December 2020: Sierra Leone Judiciary's Appeals Court yesterday Tuesday, rejected an attempt by the State Prosecutor to derail former minister of defence – Retired Major Palo Conteh's appeal hearing. According to report by Awareness Times, the legal manoeuvre by the State
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Biden expected to name Merrick Garland as attorney general - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… protests over the deaths of Black Americans at the hand of law …
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Stephen Bantu Biko
One of the greatest sons of Africa was brutaly mudered by then government of apatheird in South Africa.Biko was a thinker, intellect and a father.His philosophy was that blacks must be proud to be black and blacks must redifine themselves.We as South Africans this month we are mournibg his demise
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Sep
12
2002
We know what we have to do beyond the 2020 elections | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Julianne Malveaux (TriceEdneyWire.com)—No matter what the outcome of the 2020 election, there remains much work to do. Our economy is wrong-sided, and we have to right-side it. Our tax code rewards the wealthy and penalizes others. Our regulatory system protects corporations, not people. Almost
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Black people should cease claiming people who want other identities | New Pittsburgh Courier
by A. Peter Bailey (TriceEdneyWire.com)—While recently watching a television program, “Tiger Woods: America’s Son,” I remembered a January 1992 column in which I listed my greatest wishes for that year.My first wish was that “We as a proud people would cease claiming people who don’t want to be
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ACC has commenced action on 2019 auditor general report – says anti-corruption czar
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 December 2020: There is intense debate and speculation on social media and across the political divide in Sierra Leone, about what should now happen to the findings of the damning report into the government’s mismanagement of the country’s financial affairs, published
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India clamps down on free speech to fight farmer protests - Black News Channel
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — When Vinod K. Jose, executive editor of The Caravan, India's leading investigating magazine, logged onto Twitter on Monday, he was shocked to find the magazine's account blocked. Jose was already dealing with a case of sedition
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Political interference subverting the will of the Board of Prince of Wales School is wrong
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 10 January 2021: First it was Minister of Lands – Dennis Sandy dispossessing the Krios of Freetown of their land – an illegal policy that continues to today. Then Sandy last month is believed to have turned his wrath on the Board of Governors of the Sierra Leone Grammar
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Indiana AG Curtis Hill must pay $19k for disciplinary case | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Crusader Staff Report Indiana Attorney General Cur­tis Hill has been ordered to pay more than $19,000 after he was accused of groping a state lawmak­er and three women during a par­ty in 2018. The order, issued November 20 by the Indiana Supreme Court, directs Hill to pay a total of $19,068.54. To
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Sierra Leone announces new Covid-19 travel measures as dozens of new cases are recorded  
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 January 2021: Last Wednesday, President Bio’s government announced that it has revised its process of screening all passengers arriving at the Lungi International Airport, following an alarming increase in the number of reported new cases in the country. This worrying
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UN Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed visits Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 November 2020: United Nations Deputy Secretary-General (DSG), Ms. Amina J. Mohammed will arrive in Freetown, Sierra Leone on Saturday, 14 November 2020, for a two-day official visit as part of her solidarity mission to West Africa and the Sahel region. The DSG is visiting
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COVID-19 Defeats Donald J. Trump - The Seattle Medium
I must admit that my prediction of a Donald J. Trump victory in the 2020 presidential election was wrong. I strongly believed that Joe Biden’s selection of Senator Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential candidate would be the major factor in a Trump victory. This was based on my position that
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Sierra Leone discusses the creation of Smart Africa with other countries
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 December 2020: Vice President of Sierra Leone - Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh today committed Sierra Leone to the creation of a ‘Smart Africa’ – a bold vision of transforming Africa into a single digital market through collaboration. Speaking at a virtual board meeting
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First fugitive slave law enacted by Congress
In 1793, Congress passed the first Fugitive Slave Law to implement the provisions in the Constitution. It stated that to reclaim an escaped slave a master needed only to go before a magistrate and provide oral or written proof of ownership. The magistrate would then issue an order for the arrest of
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Feb
12
1793
Check It Out: Biden can’t win, even if he wins | New Pittsburgh Courier
by J. Pharoah Doss For New Pittsburgh Courier After Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Sept. 18, the Republicans decided to nominate and confirm Ginsburg’s replacement before the presidential election on November 3. This dramatic move led to a Supreme Court with a 6-3 conservative
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Joe Biden Wants to Amend Constitution to Limit Political Speech. : ThyBlackMan.com
"Toward those ends, Biden will: Introduce a constitutional amendment to entirely eliminate private dollars from our federal elections," says the Biden website.
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Spingarn Medal
Spingarn Medal presented to Thurgood Marshall, director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, for his distinguished service as a lawyer before the Supreme Court.
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5
1946
14 Months On, Indians in Citizenship Register Await Required Biometric IDs | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Guwahati, Assam - Despite an order from the Supreme Court, thousands of people whose names are listed in India's National Register of Citizens have not received their biometric identification number 14 months later. Officials said details of people whose name appeared in the register in 2019 have
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Bus Boycott Ended
When the bus boycott ended on this say, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. were national heros, and the Supreme Court had ruled that segregation on city buses was unconstitutional.
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Dec
21
1956
Biden fights to confront crises - and Trump resistance - Black News Channel
By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Promising 'we're going to get right to work,' President-elect Joe Biden fought to confront the nation's competing crises — and fierce Republican resistance — on Tuesday and downplayed concerns that President Donald
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High-level Guinean delegation meets President Bio in Freetown
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 8 February 2021: A high-level delegation led by the Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Guineans Abroad, Dr Ibrahim Khalil Kaba, today conveyed a letter from Guinea’s President Alpha Conde to President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House in Freetown. The Guinean team
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More judges block Trump on Census exclusion of undocumented immigrants | New York Carib News
On Thursday a panel of federal judges blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted during the process of divvying up congressional seats by state.
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro sabotaged anti-COVID-19 efforts, says Human Rights Watch - Stabroek News
BRASILIA,  (Reuters) - Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro has tried to sabotage efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in his country and pursued policies that undermine the rights of Brazilians, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said
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Supreme Court To Hear Case On Whether NCAA Athletes Should Be Paid
The NCAA is appealing a May decision.
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(1957) Dwight Eisenhower, “Address on Little Rock"
The Little Rock Crisis erupted in September 1957 when Arkansas Governor Orval M. Faubus used state National Guard troops to prevent nine African American students from attending the then all-white Central High School.  On September 20, Federal Judge Ronald Davis ordered Governor Faubus to remove
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1957
Dangerous Rhetoric + False Claims = Violence and Havoc in Cities Across America - Voice and Viewpoint
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent 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 Boys, whom Trump
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Bhebhe suffers blow
By NQOBANI NDLOVU A BID by former MDC organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe to stop the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T party from holding its extraordinary congress on Saturday was dealt a blow yesterday after the High Court postponed the matter to next week. Bhebhe filed an urgent chamber application at
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Sierra Leone’s NRA loses Eleven Billion Leones
Lawrence Williams: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 11 January 2021: There is high possibility that the National Revenue Authority of Sierra Leone has lost tax revenue amounting to 11 billion Leones, audit reports revealed. The 2019 Annual Audit Report shows that MDAs, Public Enterprises and Local Councils
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President Bio declares war on violence and shuts door on national reconciliation
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Bio rallies support for his state of nation address – has he done enough in two years?
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