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By Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI) We learned our lesson in 2016, my friends. So I challenge all of us this November to turn our proud Wisconsin into a solid blue WINCONSIN! Reflecting back to November of 2016 is painful for all of us. What we’ve endured for over three and a half years since –... [Read More]

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Education ministry not backing down from plans to hold exams

The Ministry of Education (MoE) is not backing down from its request to have teachers return to schools while the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) insists that returning to schools at this time can pose a threat to students and teachers

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Jason Witten Responds To Former Cowboys Teammate Dez Bryant: ‘I Believe It’s Time For Change’ | The Oklahoma Eagle

On Sunday, former Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant called out three men by name, saying someone should have brought them to the protests in Austin that focused on the Black Lives Matter

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

COVID-19: WHO warns of virus acceleration in Africa

Major African stats: June 11 at 7:00

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Will Kamala Harris be the next VP?

(CALMATTERS) – California U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris is emerging as the top contender for Joe Biden’s vice president amid protests over police brutality and a renewed reckoning about racism in

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Chicago police officers under fire for napping, eating popcorn during looting

A group of Chicago police officers is under fire after being caught on camera lounging in the burglarized office of a U.S. congressman, amid civil unrest in the

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Source: theGrio

Georgia’s Primary Fiasco Is A Bad Sign For Election Day 2020

Which, by the way, seemed to go off without a hitch (or, with plenty of them, depending on who you ask) on Tuesday when certain voters arrived at polling places with either faulty equipment or none at all, resulting in hours-long lines and unbelievable delays to cast ballots in the

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COMMENTARY: Law And Order And White Supremacy

The rape of my African American great-grandmother by a white man was ignored by law enforcement authorities in the western North Carolina county where the crime was committed because it was not that unusual an

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Wear Your Armor | New York Carib News

With everything going on in our world today, my question to you is how does one put on the full armor of God in the midst of pandemic, the continuation of overt racism, state-sanctioned discrimination and even

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#BreonnaTaylor: Breonna’s Law Passed, Bans No-Knock Warrants In Louisville

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Community Mobilizes to Halt State Bill Requiring Oakland to Close Public Schools and Sell Public Property

Local residents have joined with Assemblymember Rob Bonta to oppose a state bill that would have required the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) to permanently close schools and sell or lease public school properties in the midst of the pandemic

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ASK DR. KEVIN: An Unfamiliar, Rare Disease Associated with Heart Failure in African Americans

By Dr. Kevin Williams , The Chief Medical Officer for Rare Disease at Pfizer

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

MLB opens draft with Black Lives Matter message, donations | The Atlanta Voice

Before the first pick was made, Major League Baseball delivered a message: The sport stands fully behind the Black Lives Matter

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Opinion | I’m a Black American. I Had to Get Out.

The only colors that penetrate those dark memories are the blue and red lights of police vehicles parked on every other street corner, swirling all night

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This week Guyanese may once again be remembering those shocking words if unspoken, for this time Mr Ramotar’s successor, the incumbent President David Granger has retreated as usual behind another deafening and disturbing wall of silence so far unable to admit the clear and present evidence of his

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Covid-19 – ECOWAS Committee of Experts discuss ease of trade

The Committee of Experts set up by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Transport, Logistics, Free Movement and Trade in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, held a virtual meeting on the 8th of June 2020 to firm up guidelines for the harmonization and facilitation of

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Jagdeo calls for swift swearing in of Ali

As he signalled a role for himself in the next government, former two-term President and PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that the constitution provides that PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali should be declared the winner based on votes

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Ethiopia parliament picks Somali region VP as new speaker

June 10: Speaker Keria replaced

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Biden Takes Firm Stand Against Police Killing of George Floyd

After going out to personally meet with demonstrators in Delaware, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has taken a firm stand against the police killing of George Floyd and the overall plight of African Americans who’ve been targeted, brutalized and killed by law enforcement

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Source: The Washington Informer

Bubba Wallace and NASCAR in Movement

Wallace is NASCAR’s only African American Driver at the sports highest

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The True Plight of African-Americans.

Some of the most dangerous big cities are: St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, Chicago, Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham, Newark, Buffalo and

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As MLK Asked In 1967, Where Do We Go From Here: Community Or Chaos?

Over the years, this column has reported on racial disparities in homeownership, family wealth, the lack of access to affordable credit, and the pattern of alternative financial services preying upon communities of color by charging triple-digit interest rates on small-dollar

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Business confidence in South Africa drops to record low

South African business confidence plunged to the lowest level in 45 years due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with companies even more pessimistic now than when disinvestment from the country over its apartheid policies started gaining momentum more than three decades

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Nicki Minaj Continues To Defend Working With Tekashi 6ix9ine, Says Rappers Hating Ain’t Built Like That

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Has Turner lost his damn mind? Racist statues to be placed in African American museum?

A press release sent out by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner’s office on Thursday had me stop the printing of our newspaper after learning what the Black man leading this city has decided to do — and on Juneteenth, to add insult to

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'Missing' Guinea prez tells detractors: 'I'll live to bury some of you'

Guinean president Alpha Condé has dismissed detractors stressing that he was fit to rule and would live to “bury” those who wish him

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CORONA-NNOUNCEMENTS

The six-week sessions beginning June 15 and continuing through Aug. 14 are available to 1,000 eligible economically disadvantaged Miami-Dade and Monroe County high school

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A New Civil War: Inside the Confederate Flag’s Banning Courtesy of the U.S. Marines – Your Black World

The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) is considered by military experts to be the most elite division of

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UN Agency says coronavirus presents opportunity to fix remittance systems | New York Carib News

ROME, CMC – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) says that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is both a challenge and an opportunity to fix the remittance systems in the Caribbean and other

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Drake Calls Big Cap On George Floyd Killer’s Lawyer [Video]

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