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As young African American fathers deal with the pandemic and stand up against institutional racism, Sheldon Smith and the Dovetail Project are investing in them.
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Republic of Ireland ambassador reaffirms support for Sierra Leone’s covid-19 fight
Yesterday, the Ambassador of the Republic of Ireland to Sierra Leone, Lesley Ní Bhriain, held talks with Sierra Leone’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Francis Kai-Kai at his Tower Hill office, in
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The Truth is No Longer Color Blind
The dastardly “his-storical” truth is that it’s all in plain old Black and White for the world to see, and that’s as near a reality as the distance from Minneapolis to Houston is as this potentially great nation struggles with the mounting police miscarriages, exposing continual systematic
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South Africa has the continent's highest Covid-19 cases. And it has another pandemic
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Over 300 stranded Guyanese back home after two more repatriation flights
Two repatriation flights from Trinidad and Barbados yesterday brought home over 300 Guyanese nationals who were stranded abroad after borders were closed by governments to curb travel during the still-ongoing COVID-19
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Black People’s Fears Of Clinical Racism Must Be Addressed In COVID-19 Vaccine Trials, Experts Say
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Kampala the least expensive city to live in East Africa
The annual Mercer survey ranks cities’ cost of living based on the prices of goods and services such as food, clothing and
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Scanty information on Jack Ma's Covid-19 donations to Kenya
Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is looking into two separate theft reports relating to donated Covid-19 equipment in March, when the Ministry of Health was plotting how to combat the virus that has now infected 4,374 people in
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Poor People's Campaign stages massive online demonstration
(Religion News Service) — With COVID-19 restrictions preventing an intended in-person rally in Washington D.C., at least a million supporters of the Poor People’s Campaign reportedly tuned in Saturday (June 20) to watch a mix of live speeches and pre-recorded clips of liberal religious leaders
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Covid-19: 104 more test positive in Kenya
Kenya's national tally of Covid-19 cases increased to 4,478 after 104 tested positive in the last 24 hours, Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman has
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Black Student Loan Debt Should Be An Issue For All Of Us
Black people often end up in the demographic struggling to repay student loan debt for a variety of socio-economic reasons caused by systemic racism that wreaks havoc on generation after generation in a cruel cycle of poverty and resource
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Taco Bell Employee Is Fired For ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protective Mask
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Black activist blasts white school board member: 'You don't give a damn!'
Gary Chambers confronts East Baton Rouge Parish school board member Connie Bernard, saying she didn't 'give
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'There's This Narrative Pushed By the Media...': YouTube Vlogger on His Role In Apple TV's New Film 'Dads' and the 'Magic' of Black Fatherhood
Glen Henry, known as Beleaf to the supporters of his YouTube channel “Beleaf In Fatherhood,” shares the joys and tribulations of parenthood alongside his wife Yvette, primarily through vlogging from their San Diego
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Dr. Ellis Wilkins, Pastor of Damascus Missionary Baptist Church, celebrates 90th birthday with surprise drive-by
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Black trans lives matter too
Black women, in general, but Black trans women, in particular, live a precarious
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Corrected | Embattled Zimbabwe minister still at post
Correction: The purported cabinet note dismissing Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo has been
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‘Keys to Black Wealth Summit’ kicks off virtual ‘Freedom Day’
Columbus, Ohio (Black PR Wire) – “Keys to Black Wealth Virtual Summit” invites you to join in as they kick off their first-ever virtual summit to celebrate Juneteenth – also known as “Freedom Day” – to commemorate the emancipation of slavery which took place June
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Covid-19: South Africa's death toll rises to 1 877, as cases increase to 92 681
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This is an uprising to save our lives
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Rwanda: Cross-Border Trade Unscathed Despite COVID-19 - Minister Gatete
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NY Liberty Juneteenth panel discusses equality, power of voting
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WHO restates harsh impact of COVID-19 on African women
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Black Lives Matter at War with America.
(ThyBlackMan.com) Outrageously, cowardly and traitorous politicians are allowing Black Lives Matter, a racist hate group to engage in an “Everything Must Go” fire-sale against
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Tanzania: AT Pushes National Athletics Championship to September
ATHLETICS Tanzania (AT) has once again announced rescheduling the National Athletics Championship, which was scheduled to be hosted in Dar es Salaam in August this
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Calling out the injustice of the justice system
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