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Webinar: Our Health, Our Community: Mobilizing For The Survival of Black Women Beyond COVID-19 — The Sacramento Observer
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. and the Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) join together on Tuesday, July 14 to present the virtual discussion, “Our Health, Our Community: Mobilizing For The Survival of Black Women Beyond COVID-19. The discussion, supported by Ebony Media, is
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Source: The Sacramento Observer
Black trans teen Brayla Stone murdered in apparent hit - TheGrio
The body of a 17-year-old Black trans teen has been found in Arkansas in what local police are treating as a homicide. According to Out.com, last Thursday, the body of Brayla Stone was found in a car on a walking path in the Little Rock suburb of Sherwood. A person of interest has also come
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Meek Mill Encourages His Fans Call Their Governors And Demand Protections For Prisoners During Coronavirus Outbreak
“We need everyone's voice right now.”
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Religious party to ban strip clubs, casinos
The church-based Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) will abolish income tax, ban go-go clubs, and raise salaries for civil servants if it gains state power. JPP President Gilbert Edwards, who migrated to the United States when he was 20 years old,...
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World Bank predicts economic decline in Latin America, Caribbean
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC ) The World Bank says economic conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have worsened dramatically as the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have rippled through the region, predicting that the shocks stemming from the pandemic will cause
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US Carries Out The 1st Federal Execution in Nearly 2 Decades
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday carried out the first federal execution in almost two decades, putting to death a man who was convicted of killing an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest. The execution came over the objection
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L. A. Church Posts 'No Trespassing' Sign To Stop Black Woman From Sitting On Lawn
Members of the church told her 'All Lives Matter.'
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Say their names: Stories of black Americans killed by police - African American News Today - EIN News
In demonstration after demonstration, protesters are carrying signs that include the names of other blacks whose lives ended violently. Here are some of these black men and women's names.
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How Celtics’ Marcus Smart Is Making A Major Contribution To Coronavirus Research
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Klassroom’s Teacher Certification Program provides new college graduates with an affordable path to teacher licensure
While college graduates face an unpredictable job market, an online teacher training program provides a promising and secure career in education. SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES, June 30, 2020 ⁨EINPresswire.com⁩ -- Due to the COVID-19
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Governments Backtracking As Confirmed Virus Cases Surge | Afro
By EMILY SCHMALL and ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Governments are stepping up testing and reimposing restrictions as newly confirmed coronavirus infections surge in many countries. India reported 20,000 on Monday, while the caseload in the U.S. is growing by about 40,000
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8 transgender men and women killed in 7 days
NEW YORK — Brayla Stone, a 17-year-old Black trans girl, was murdered in Sherwood, Arkansas near Little Rock on June 25. According to friends she enjoyed experimenting with music, some of which she uploaded to her personal YouTube channel. Her killer has yet to be identified and members of the
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Mule cop! - St James constable says she was offered US$2,000 to carry drugs
Western Bureau: Woman Constable Shermain Gooden, one of the three Jamaican police personnel arrested in a drug bust in the United States by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last Thursday, has reportedly admitted her guilt and has told the...
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WorldRemit Celebrates the Launch of Their Remittance Service in Somalia
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Nigerian Instagram influencer, Hushpuppi, was ‘kidnapped’ by the FBI, said his lawyer - TheGrio
Gal Pissetzky, the lawyer for Instagram influencer Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, better known as Ray Hushpuppi, is claiming his client was “kidnapped” by the FBI.... View Article The post Nigerian Instagram influencer, Hushpuppi, was ‘kidnapped’ by the FBI, said his lawyer appeared first on TheGrio.
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In 1872, This Woman Became The First Female Black Lawyer In The United States
Charlotte E. Ray was born in New York City on January 13, 1850. She graduated
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Virus resurgence forces countries to reimpose restrictions
PROMACHONAS, Greece (AP) - Countries around the world are reimposing lockdowns and implementing new health checks at their borders in an effort to curb a resurgence of the novel coronavirus before it spins even further out of control.
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Waters: Trump more focused on saving statues of slaveholders and Confederate generals than protecting Americans from coronavirus | The Atlanta Voice
One would hope that the president of the United States would rise to the level of leadership that our country needs in confronting the deadly uptick in coronavirus cases in America. Instead, we are left with Donald Trump, an incompetent and heartless man who is more focused on saving statues of
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Fox News Caught Telling The Truth About The Black Founding Fathers
It is very rare that Fox News report something that gives black people the respect that they deserve. Lets just call a spade a spade, Fox News is probably the most racist television station not only on earth, but in the universe.  However in this video clip that we found on YouTube shows Fox News
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Unemployment Rate Falls to 13.3%, US Adds 2.5 Million Jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May from 14.7%, and 2.5 million jobs were added — a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the economy in the wake of the viral pandemic. The May job gain suggests that businesses have quickly been
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‘My Boy Lollipop’ Singer Millie Small Passes Away At 72
The Jamaican national reportedly suffered a stroke.
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Behind-the-Scenes Virtual Art Fair
Meet twelve artists who will show you their behind-the-scenes inner sanctums. OCONOMOWOC, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES, June 9, 2020 ⁨EINPresswire.com⁩ -- Meet a group of 12 professional artists who make their living by selling their work at Fine
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IMF urges caution
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It’s the result scientists were hoping for. The first covid-19 vaccine trial in the United States revived people’s immune system, researchers reported
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Countries pool efforts to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines | New York Carib News
The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr. Carissa Etienne yesterday said countries in the Americas were pooling their efforts to ensure access to treatments and vaccines for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
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London, Bristol bustle with 'Black Lives Matter' protests | Africanews
The United Kingdom has become a protest center in recent days. The protests are an offshoot of the anti-racism demonstrations that kicked off in the United States following the death of George Floyd in
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Lack Of Social Distancing Leads To Closure Of Parks, Trails
OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) — It was a sunny day, the first in about a week when temperatures had climbed past the 50-degree mark, and people in Chicago did what they always do on such a day: They flocked to the shores of Lake Michigan. Mayor Lori Lightfoot did not consider that the kind of []
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US slaps visa restrictions on Guyana officials
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - The Guyana Government says it regrets the decision taken by the United States to implement visa restrictions on individuals 'undermining democracy' in the Caribbean Community (Caricom) country where the official results of the March 2 regional and general elections are
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This Day In History- June 15
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57 children among Jamaica's 505 COVID-19 cases
Bernard Lodge development on target despite COVID-19
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No frolicking on Labour Day weekend; curfew tightened
Ja reopening
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