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We must brace our elections for COVID-19
Whether it was through poll taxes and literacy tests, or gerrymandering and voter ID laws today, underrepresented communities have always had to fight to ensure their right to
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Source: The Bay State Banner
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Africa: Digital Briefing on USAID's Ongoing Development Priorities and COVID-19 Assistance Response in Africa
Today we are pleased to be joined by Dr. Kenneth Staley, U.S. Agency for International Development, Global Malaria Coordinator and leader of the USAID COVID-19 Task Force, and Mr. Christopher Runyan, USAID Senior Coordinator for the Bureau for
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Source: allAfrica.com
Will private investors deliver Galana maize?
However, the project has lagged as the 10,000 acres model was supposed to have been completed leading to opening up of the land for largescale production in
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Source: Business Daily
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Black Winemaker Launches 'Love-Infused' Wine After Loss Of Wife
Through blood, sweat and tears Long was able to push their dream forward, and fulfill what they started in a garage years ago — with the creation of Longevity Wines — what he likes to call, “a love infused
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VIDEO: Activists demand D.C. ‘Defund’ police amid peaceful protests after city renames street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’
Washington — Thousands marched and protested against police brutality in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, keeping the May 25 death of George Floyd on the White House’s collective mind by demanding the city defund its police
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BLACK METHODIST CHURCHES DEMAND JUSTICE | Dallas Weekly
Senior Bishops of Black Methodist United (BMU), who represent three major Methodist denominations, issued the following statement about the merciless killings of Black sons and
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Source: Dallas Weekly
Stunner: Reginae Carter Shows Off Her Effortless Beauty
The “T.I. & Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle” star uploaded a stunning Instagram photo of herself without makeup on Wednesday, June
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Black America’s Conflicted History with the Insurrection Act
Cotton appeared on Fox News where he offered, “[I]f necessary, the president should use the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty military forces to these cities to support our local law enforcement and ensure that this violence ends tonight . . .not one more
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Malawi Electoral Body Commissioners Contract Ends Today
Chairperson of the commission Jane Ansah tendered her resignation a week ago amid stormy criticisms from the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal and parliament of the way they handled the May 19, 2019 presidential election which handed down president Peter Mutharika a second and last
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Source: allAfrica.com
'Toya Sold Me Out': Dr. Simone Whitmore Addresses Rumors About Her Seemingly Altered Skin Complexion
On Thursday, May 28, Toya Bush-Harris posted a photo on Instagram that showed her hanging out with her best friend and “Married to Medicine” co-star Dr. Simone
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Liberia: Is Senator Dillon Biting More Than He Can Chew?
However, Senator Dillon, rather than running to the Supreme Court to place an injunction on the action of his colleagues because he believes it violates the PFM law, runs instead to the court of public
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Changing the World
George Floyd’s six-year-old daughter Gianna looked on quizzically while her mother gave a heart wrenching description of what the death of her father would mean throughout the
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'Bless These Babies': Angela Simmons Shares Sweet Snap of Son SJ and Family
Angela Simmons‘ son Sutton Joseph Tennyson seems to be enjoying his shelter-in-place time by spending quality time with his
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'Standing with You': Ryan Destiny Seemingly Hints That She Was Mistreated on 'Star' and Encourages Young Black Women to Speak Out Against Discrimination
Ryan Destiny, who is best known for her role as Alexandra Crane on the now-canceled Fox television show “Star,” recently sent a message to young Black women in
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Black Lives Matter Has Been Doing The Work To 'Defund The Police' For Years
LOS ANGELES — On Monday, after the Los Angeles Police Department spent days violently attacking people protesting police brutality and racism, the City Council appeared set to allow a new budget — which would allocate nearly 54% of the city’s discretionary spending to the LAPD — to go into
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OP-ED: The stuff of Dreams — MLK goes right on marching
George Floyd is sadly one of many, many African Americans who have been the victim of racial profiling and
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HOSTS ROUND TABLE TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM •
For 75 years EBONY and JET have been the authoritative voice highlighting the injustices of Black Americans from featuring the open casket of the lynching of 14-year old Emmett Till, to the footage of the brutality against nonviolent protesters during the Civil Rights Movement to the need for bail
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Angola: Entrepreneurs Call On Government for Immediate Solutions
These solutions were presented during a meeting held on Thursday in Luanda, in a promotion of the Union of Small and Medium Enterprises of Angola
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What we know about the investigations into the police shooting death of Breonna Taylor
Being a licensed gun owner, when the pair woke to the barging of the police officers who say they were on a drug raid, Walker, according to the police, fired at them to which they discharged at least 20 bullets, of which eight struck Taylor, killing
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Tanzania: Border Tension Resurfaces...as Tanzanian Truckers Are Blocked From Crossing Into Kenya
TWO weeks after Tanzanian and Kenyan leaders agreed on modalities for enabling truck drivers cross at border posts, Kenyan authorities have started blocking Tanzanian truckers from crossing Namanga frontier on grounds of lacking valid Covid-19 clearance
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They Were Cleaning Up One Of America's Most Polluted Neighborhoods. Then Came COVID-19.
The exhaust fumes from the highways surrounding her neighborhood have finally let up, and Gordon hears fewer trucks leaving the nearby Port of Oakland each day as the coronavirus pandemic reduces
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In the news: Seyquan Mack
The Handel and Haydn Society announced Seyquan Mack is one of four students receiving a 2020 Youth Choruses Scholarship
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'You So Messy': Joseline Hernandez Jokes About Ex Stevie J. Getting ‘Black Eyes’ In Reported Recent Drama with Wife Faith Evans
Over the weekend, a report emerged that R&B singer Faith Evans was arrested recently for a domestic dispute with husband Stevie
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After nationwide rage, what comes next?
From coast to coast, in all fifty states, including here in North Carolina in Greensboro, Fayetteville, Raleigh and Charlotte, diverse groups of angry youth filled the streets after hours of peaceful protests in memory of Floyd, who was slain when four Minneapolis police officers in Minnesota
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'We Both Got Side Pieces': Nene Leakes Responds to Rumors That She and Her Husband Gregg Have an Open Marriage
Nene Leakes and her husband Gregg Leakes both seem to want to have their cake and eat it
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'This Eases My Heart': Alexis Skyy Fans Gush Over 2-Year-Old Daughter Getting Leg Braces
Alexis Skyy fans were filled with joy when the reality star revealed news of her daughter getting leg
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America Has Tried And Failed To Explain Its Racism To The World | HuffPost
Thousands of people around the world are sending a dual message to Americans as they protest the death of George Floyd, the latest casualty of the systemic violence against Black residents of the
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BET Founder Calls for $14 Trillion Reparations for Black Americans
BET Founder Robert Johnson recently called for $14 trillion of slavery reparations for black
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Spike Lee says he feels ‘good’ about current protests
Director Spike Lee did what he does best and created a short film right after the killing of George
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