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Checking in: How are Educators Doing as We Confront the Coronavirus?
By Claudia Delgadillo Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. So, how are you doing? This week, we are checking in
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Derek Chauvin Jurors Reveal What He Didn't Do That Made Them Vote Guilty | The Michigan Chronicle
Photo: Getty Images Six months after a jury convicted Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd, they're speaking out on what went on inside the deliberation room. In an exclusive interview with CNN's Don Lemon, seven of the jurors spoke up about the traumatic experience of the trial, and the moments
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Elections 2021: This is why you can't take a picture of your marked ballot paper | News24
The chairperson of the Electoral Commission of SA, Glen Mashinini, was speaking at the national results centre in Pretoria as the IEC wrapped up the final day of special voting.
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Music News: Fat Joe | Self Made Tastes Better
Fat Joe joins Brett Berish to talk about his hustle.
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Homeownership Gap for People of Color in Wisconsin is Wide; Communities, Nonprofits Try to Close It | The Madison Times
By Gaby Vinick and Alexa Chatham (Wisconsin Watch) Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. To Greg Lewis, the home
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McDonald’s; The Pull of Pork.
(ThyBlackMan.com) It's a month for the letter 'P,' as in, 'The president is preparing to get pitched out of public housing and is proffering preemptive pardons to his progeny.' Or, for a more proper association, the simple word 'pork.' Oh, sure, my country wallows in a perfect Third World
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Growth & Jobs | Farming is a viable option – Young entrepreneur
Affected by COVID-19 and having to deal with being employed only two days per week, Denise Williams Bailey overcame the challenges to become an agricultural entrepreneur. The 35-year-old was trained in accounting and hospitality and worked in some...
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Liberia: Sen. Wesseh - CPP Not in Conflict
[New Dawn] Senator Conmany B. Wesseh of the Unity Party describes the current rigmarole in the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP) as a healthy exchange, thereby debunking the claim from the public that the CPP) is in a serious conflict.
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Africa: COVID-19 Is a Health Crisis - but a Looming Food Catastrophe, Too
Concerns around potential meat shortages - and spillovers into other parts of the food system - are putting intense pressure on political leaders to respond more aggressively, as seen in the US, where President Donald Trump ordered meat plants to re-open to avert a looming
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Public hearing to rename streets named for KKK wizard
Dr. Gathe, who serves as the co-director of the COVID-19 Dedicated Care Unit at the United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC), said he got a call one day from Dr. Varon, and they began discussing patients they had recently seen that had been getting sick with this unusual new
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FACEism: President Reagan's apology for the US internment of Japanese Americans during World War II - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
It was 1988. Reagan apologized to an entire generation of Japanese Americans for unjustly locking them up during World War II. And, he admitted, it was because of their race -- and nothing more.
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African Americans die more frequently from Covid-19, but MIT researchers say poverty isn’t why
Black Americans are dying from Covid-19 more frequently than white people. But two researchers found it’s not because of obesity...
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A mother’s love: Woman advocates daily for her two autistic sons
Taneisha Pascoe-Matthews says parenting a child with autism is like being a tour guide, someone who must translate the customs and language of the non-autistic world. But when you have two children with autism, like she does, the job is...
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NNS Spotlight: ‘People power’: How the African American Roundtable Works to Educate and Empower Leaders - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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APNU/AFC have got to stop spreading the false impression that they were cheated
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Africa: Protecting Nature Is Entirely Within Humanity's Reach - the Work Must Start Now
[IPS] Nairobi, Kenya -- We have known for a long time that biodiversity, and the services it provides, have been in decline. It is on this background that ten years ago, the international community adopted the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.
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Egypt's Strategy to Reinvigorate Green Growth Was Pushed Forward Through Public-Private Dialogue - Al-Mashat
[Egypt Online] Egypt works on solving environmental, social, and economic issues simultaneously, following a systematic twin-track approach to ensure that 'green' and 'growth' go together hand-in-hand, Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat highlighted, striking a balance between
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TJ Atoms Draws From His Wu-Tang Respect For Role As Ol' Dirty Bastard In Hulu Series
The “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” actor is making noise for his portrayal of the hip-hop legend. But he’s not stopping there.
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What You Need to Know about Youth Summer Camps During the Coronavirus
Send an email with the subject “summer camps” in the subject field to moving operations online or proceeding with on-site programs, summer camp leaders are rethinking protocols to limit contact and prioritize the safety of their staff, campers and
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Milwaukee Youth Council Puts Focus on Mental Health Services
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HISD to serve curbside meals during distance learning for first-six weeks - DefenderNetwork.com
After a week-long break, the Houston Independent School District is relaunching curbside student meals distribution on Tuesday, Sept. 8 — the first day of the 2020-2021 school year. HISD Nutrition Services will offer daily curbside pickup, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 86
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“Coronavirus (A.K.A. COVID-19): Don’t Believe the Hype”
Today, COVID-19 misinformation surrounds us, and the hype about it causes significant confusion, which is jet fuel for the pandemic in our
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OP-ED: Black America Supports Biden’s Build Back Better and Infrastructure Bills | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Now is the time for the Congress of the United States to act and to vote to pass President Joe Biden’s bold and consequential legislations: Build Back Better Framework and Infrastructure bills. Surveying across African American communities throughout the nation reveals overwhelming
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South Africa: Cast Your Vote to Keep Democracy Alive
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has called on registered voters to exercise tolerance while casting their votes during today's fifth municipal elections.
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4 Basic Blunders Every New Business Needs To Avoid - Milwaukee Community Journal
Entrepreneurs launch new businesses with visions of rapid growth and burgeoning profits dancing in their heads. But wishing and hoping for growth and success is one thing; making them happen is quite another, says Stephen E. Gerard (www.stephenegerard.com), an entrepreneur and the ForbesBooks
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Mother Bernice Has Her Eye on Detroit  | The Michigan Chronicle
Bernice Smith, 89, got her start in political activism in 1973 when she volunteered to be on the campaign of late former Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young.  Part of Young’s campaign ran on rooting out racist tactics used by the Detroit Police department which targeted and mistreated African Americans
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New Online Tool Helps Individuals Clean Up Criminal and Eviction Records | The Madison Times
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Growth & Jobs | Entrepreneur offered much-needed service during lockdown
In the early days of the pandemic when most businesses were forced to close their doors, entrepreneur Curtis Davis remained open. The reason he was able to do this was because his tech store in west Kingston offered a much-needed service to the...
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Birmingham releases VITAL report on $24M spending with minority businesses
By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020, the City of Birmingham spent more than $24 million with minority-owned and women-owned businesses, according to data compiled by the city.  On Friday, Mayor Randall Woodfin released the city’s first-ever VITAL (Valuing
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The California state government has been reminding businesses across the state that it is illegal to discriminate against job applicants because of they have committed felonies or misdemeanors in the past. Authorities in Sacramento have also taken steps to make sure businesses do not use
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