San Francisco Giants Kneel at Major League Baseball Game

‘The ostrich syndrome must end’

What is apparent, given the situation obtaining on the ground, is that the government has in practice dollarised, but insists the local currency is “the currency of choice”, a far cry from

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Archer to join England training after negative COVID-19 test

(Reuters) – Fast bowler Jofra Archer has been cleared to join England’s training squad ahead of their three-test series against West Indies after testing negative for COVID-19, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said

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Bill Cosby’s Sex Crime Conviction Will Be Reviewed As Pennsylvania’s Top Court Accepts His Appeal

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The Struggle Continues: Could Black Lives Matter Save the Slavery Reparations Movement?

Hey, wouldn’t you just love to see President Donald Trump and his Republican regime locked up in a room forced to listen to The O’Jays song “Ship Ahoy” I bet they’d truly get our point on slavery Reparations you

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Source: Serving Northeast Texas

House Leaders Demand Details on PPP Small-Business Loan Program

As the remaining days dwindle for small businesses to apply for loans through the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), both banks and federal officials are being challenged by several House leaders to explain how the $670 billion program intended to aid the nation’s small businesses has

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Guest Editorial: Don’t defund police, demand real reform

Local governments have hired new police chiefs, fired officers for misconduct, added body cameras and taken other actions that have proved to not be enough to stop police

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Over 300 Black Hollywood Artists and Executives Demand Change With New Initiative ‘Hollywood 4 Black Lives’

The way that Hollywood and mainstream media have contributed to the criminalization of Black people, the misrepresentation of the legal system, and the glorification of police corruption and violence have had dire consequences on Black

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Source: The Black Chronicle

News Wrap 6-26-20: Coronavirus update; Blacks urged to join clinical trials; Museum of Fine Arts opens 'Soul of a Nation'

News Wrap 6-26-20: Coronavirus update; Blacks urged to join clinical trials; Museum of Fine Arts opens ‘Soul of

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

High literacy is only one of the first steps towards development

It is a country with a high literacy rate, one of the highest on the African

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

When it comes to policing the police, strong watchdogs are the exception | The Atlanta Voice

Called the Office of Police Oversight, the new city department operates independently of the police department and aims to not only hold individual officers accountable, but also make policy recommendations that focus on systemic issues, such as racial

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Ngoma turned down Azam

FORMER FC Platinum forward Donald Ngoma says he left Tanzanian club Azam FC because he felt disrespected after the club asked him to go through a trial period by playing in friendly matches before they could extend his

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

When Daddy becomes the student - Father elated as daughter wins Equal Rights and Justice social-media competition

Like many parents, Joseph Beckford took a relatively non-committal stance to the issue of children’s rights when it was raised by his 11-year-old daughter Kiara, who took an interest in an Instagram contest on the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

A fiscal reckoning is looming for South Africa

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Graduation on wheels!

With the measures implemented to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus putting the breaks on many activities, including graduations, Dunrobin Primary School in St Andrew got creative to be able to still give their graduands a ceremony

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114-year-old Ethiopian recovers from COVID-19

Meanwhile, in South Africa the death is reported of a two-day-old baby after being born prematurely to a coronavirus positive

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

No studies; we need action –

One of the first things I heard from Senator Tim Scott, the only Black Republican senator, was a plan for a study of 18

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Source: Daytona Times

Hennessy Offers $3M in Support for Minority Small Business-Owners

Hennessy is stepping up to help minority small businesses struggling with the effects of COVID-19 by providing immediate financial support through a new program called Unfinished

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Man runs 218 miles to virus-stricken grandma

SCRANTON, United States (AP) — Endurance athlete Corey Cappelloni once ran six days through the Sahara Desert in what's considered the most grueling foot race on

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Four Black Artists In Ballet Discuss Equity and Inclusion in the Arts

Chamber Dance Project (CDP), Washington’s premiere contemporary ballet company, concludes this season’s popular Virtual Chat series on June 30 at 5 p.m. EDT with

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

AMHVoices: Corrupt leaders enabling price hikes

EARLIER this year Finance minister Mthuli Ncube (my neighbour) visited us in Lupane, the provincial capital of Matabeleland North

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

New Orleans Church Launches Voting Black & Brown Issues Campaign

During the COVID-19 Crisis it’s been many of the faith leaders who are on the forefront providing help and inspiration in the

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Two pandemics — COVID-19, systemic racism — hold the power to determine our future | The Atlanta Voice

We all did well for a while with social distancing and working together as a society to avoid getting or unintentionally spreading

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Mutare town clerk in land storm

EMBATTLED Mutare town clerk Joshua Maligwa is alleged to have offered residential stands to the police to seek protection ahead of investigations into an alleged massive land scandal at the local

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

The Right Side of History

It is in with this backdrop that today people are in the streets demanding not only justice for George Floyd, but for the heinous acts perpetrated against Blacks by the hands of those in law enforcement or those who decide to take the law into their own hands and become police, judge, jury and

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Blood On The Leaves and Blood At The Roots | Afro

We should burn some incense, light some sage, and then do to White supremacy what White folks did to Black Wall Street and

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Quarantine fears - Vendors worried nearby COVID cases could hurt Coronation Market sales

Vendors at the Coronation Market in downtown Kingston are concerned that with the health authorities carrying out extensive contact tracing in communities nearby, sales could dramatically plummet in the coming days as shoppers avoid the area out of fear of contracting the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Where do we go from here?

The senseless murders of countless black people at the hands of law enforcement have landed America in an

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Khupe to be in charge till September

THOKOZANI Khupe will remain in charge of the MDC-T as acting president until September 5 when the party will hold its extraordinary congress at a yet to be announced

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

CARIFORUM countries set to test ‘specialty foods’ in UK, EU markets

Still some distance away from recovering from the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the Caribbean would appear to be already looking beyond that challenge and focussing on the growth of its niche markets in

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

VMware cloud partner Routed appointed as Africa's first global DRaaS provider

Andrew Cruise

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