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Minneapolis is Starting to Look A Lot Like Ferguson After Protests Erupt Following George Floyd's Death

Minneapolis is Starting to Look A Lot Like Ferguson After Protests Erupt Following George Floyd’s Screenshot from CBS Minnesota night, people took to the streets in Minneapolis to protest the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who was killed by police officers on

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Black Man Killed By Police in Minnesota | Post News Group

The words of 46-year-old George Floyd as he lay on the street in Minneapolis after he was arrested on suspicion of passing a counterfeit bill are eerily reminiscent of the police killing of Eric Garner in New

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Source: Post News Group | PNG

U.N. Leader Calls For Global Ceasefire On Africa Day

Africa Day will go virtual this year with a star-studded benefit concert hosted by English actor Idris Alba, an online how-to video for jollof rice, and a U.N. call for a global ceasefire issued by the Secretary General, Antonio

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody

MINNEAPOLIS—Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands of four law enforcement

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Source: South Florida Times

Tyler Perry prepares to reopen studios, begin production

But after halting television and film production at Tyler Perry Studios in March, the media mogul is planning to make his Atlanta-based mega studio one of the first domestic filming grounds to reopen during the coronavirus

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Ellis: Protecting our Elders and Seniors during COVID-19

From historically continuous data and evidence, we know that, particularly, for older African Americans, chronic conditions are disproportionately higher than other groups, resulting from inequities in the social determinates of

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Southern Company Gas donates $1 million to Morehouse School of Medicine for health equity

This contribution is a part of the $50 million commitment from Southern Company and its subsidiaries to historically black colleges and universities

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New Coalition Calls for Prioritization of Underserved and Rural Small Businesses in Coronavirus Response

The U.S. Black Chambers (USBC) is a founding member of a new coalition created to advocate for prioritized CARES Act funding for underserved small business

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

International community has critical role to play in reducing inequalities here

The US message stated, ‘The United States stands with the people of Guyana, who want their voices heard’, with reference to the current

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Kagame sacks two governors over accountability

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has suspended two provincial governors as part of an ongoing purge targeting public servants deemed to be lacking

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Source: The East African

Rep. Moore: “We Are In The Valley”

We cannot change the hearts of our police officers until we change the make-up of our country’s police

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Trinidad man jailed for impersonating a doctor

(Trinidad Guardian) A 36-year-old man who impersonated a doctor at the San Fernando Teaching Hospital has been jailed for eight

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Education setback

With necessity being the mother of invention, a great many schools all around the world were able to switch to using digital tools to continue imparting

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Atlanta Is Home to 2 Potential Contenders for Biden’s VP

ATLANTA (AP) — Neither public rivals nor personal friends, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Stacey Abrams spent years climbing parallel ladders at Atlanta City Hall and the Georgia

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Source: Black America Web

Donald Trump threatens social media after Twitter fact-checks him | The Atlanta Voice

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulations or even shuttering after Twitter added fact checks to two of his

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

U.S. On Cusp Of Marking At Least 100K Deaths From Virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States was on the cusp of marking at least 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus, a once-unthinkable toll that now appears to be just the beginning of untold misery in the months ahead as Las Vegas casinos and Walt Disney World make plans to reopen, crowds of unmasked

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Source: Black America Web

Covid-19 dries up business for Tanzania's art industry

Musician Norman Bikaka is one of many artistes who have been hit hard financially by the Covid-19

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Source: The East African

Twitter Fact Checks President Trump's Claim About Voter Fraud

For the first time since being elected, Twitter has fact-checked a claim President Trump made on the social media

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Gwinnett hosts Georgia Grown To Go

Gwinnett to Host Georgia Grown To Go

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VIDEO: Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody

MINNEAPOLIS—Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands of four law enforcement

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Source: South Florida Times

Jamaican teacher's claims of racial discrimination in China said to be unfounded

Jamaican teacher’s claims of racial discrimination in China said to be unfounded

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Former pastor gives Atlanta’s homeless a place to wash their hands

So when a homeless man told Lester how difficult it was for people living on the streets to wash their hands to avoid catching or spreading the coronavirus, it was only natural for Lester to spring into

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'Half a decade of lost output': The grim toll on SA of Covid-19

South Africa stands to lose five years of potential economic output due to the shock from the coronavirus pandemic and measures to curb its spread, according to the Reserve

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Source: TechCentral

Gartner cancels annual South African IT conference for 2020

Analyst firm Gartner has cancelled the South African leg of its IT Symposium/Xpo event, which was due to take place in Cape Town in October, due to the Covid-19

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Source: TechCentral

Human trafficking victims destined for Trinidad & Tobago rescued

(Trinidad Guardian) Venezuela’s Navy yesterday broke up three human trafficking camps on the country’s Orinoco Delta and rescued 79 people, including 25 minors, whom they said were being trafficked to criminal gangs in

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

FIFA to defend itself against TTFA in local court

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – FIFA has signaled it will defend itself against a legal challenge filed by the former executive of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), by filing an entry of appearance in the High Court here on

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Datatec reports strong results, says it's bucking virus crisis

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Source: TechCentral

7 Stocks to Buy During a Recession or Pandemic

Local economists agree that during times of recession the rich hold on to as many cash cows as they can and don’t go out splurging or spending all of their stimulus check

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Four Minneapolis Officers Fired After Death of Black Man

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was

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Source: Black America Web

VIDEO: Fires blaze and looters rampage during second night of Minneapolis anti-police protests following black man’s death

Smoke billowed high over Minneapolis on Wednesday night as anti-police protesters vented their anger over a black man’s death with looting and

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Source: South Florida Times

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