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BOOKS: Stella Nyanzi tells of prison life in collection of poems
While incarcerated in Luzira Maximum Security Prison in Kampala, she wrote the collection No Roses from My Mouth: Poems from
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A major milestone crossed
Under the Order, GECOM is specifically mandated to deliberate over the CEO’s report and according to Granger, over the CARICOM report as
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Landmark Police Reform Bill Addresses Funding, Chokeholds, Lynching And Accountability
Led by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 ambitiously aims to end police brutality, hold police accountable, improve transparency in policing and create meaningful, structural change when it comes to how law enforcement does their
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Billy Porter speaks up for Black LGBTQ: ‘Our lives matter too’
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‘This Must Stop!’, By Dr. E. Faye Williams – Free Press of Jacksonville
Although not lost to COVID-19, one other name must be added to those we have lost – George
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
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Ben Carson Suggests Systemic Racism Isn’t ‘Real’ Anymore
Carson’s comments came a couple of days after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, admitted he was wrong for opposing kneeling and misunderstanding its purpose — a revelation apparently achieved only after Floyd’s death weeks ago even though a laundry list of other unarmed Black people have been
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Source: NewsOne
Maybe Sheryl Sandberg should be leaning out
As US President Donald Trump and others brazenly use the social network to spread misinformation and foment violence at protests against police brutality, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is clinging to the lame argument that he can’t constitutionally do anything — even as other social media take action and his
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Following Protests, Democrats To Unveil Police Overhaul Measure
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Rep. Karen Bass of California about legislation to install wide-ranging changes for the nation's police
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Black America speaks. America should listen.
30th March 1965: American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) and his wife Coretta Scott King lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in
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Robert Johnson applauds former VP Biden's movement towards his reparations proposal
BETHESDA, Md./PRNewswire/ — Appearing on The Shade Room, former Vice President Biden said, “Here’s what I think we
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I call quietly but insistently upon President Granger to do the right thing
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What Must Be Done?
Several weeks ago, for my online I wrote about Amaud (also spelled Ahmaud) Arbery, who was shot to death by a white father and son, acting as vigilantes, while jogging in a Georgia
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Statement From Principal Owner Tony Ressler and Atlanta Hawks & State Farm Arena | The Atlanta Voice
“Earlier today, members of our organization at every level – from part-time to ownership – joined together virtually to discuss the recent and recurring examples of weaponized racism, police brutality and race-based preferential treatment affecting people of color, especially the Black
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Virginia man who drove truck into protesters is a KKK leader
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GOP Lawmakers Push Bill To Keep Trump, RNC In North Carolina | Afro
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Twenty-nine thousand people in Sierra Leone receive Covid-19 emergency cash transfers
Following the declaration of State of Public Health  emergency by the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) has been on the frontline; providing not only cash transfers, social services and Personal Protective
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Fyrish man dies after losing control of motorcycle
A Fyrish Village, Coren-tyne man died on Saturday afternoon after he lost control of his motorcycle along the Corentyne
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Chiefs to solemnise civil marriages
THE Marriages Bill sailed through the National Assembly on Thursday last week after extensive debate by MPs who felt that chiefs should be given powers to solemnise civil marriages saying clause 9 of the Bill was denying chiefs those
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In Germany, George Floyd's Death Sparks Protests — And Artwork That Honors His Life
In Germany, George Floyd's Death Sparks Protests — And Artwork That Honors His Life
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Louisville Removes Controversial Statue Of John Breckinridge Castleman
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Ramaphosa calls for 'all hands on deck' to fight Covid-19
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on citizens “pulling out all the stops” in the “long war” against the coronavirus as the country edged closer to the 1,000 death mark following a record daily toll jump of 60 deaths on
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Black-owned, Georgia laboratory uses artificial intelligence-based drugs to develop COVID-19 treatment | The Atlanta Voice
The development of ENU200, as a therapeutic, is targeted to treat up to 80 percent of asymptomatic, mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 viral
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HBCUs: They Have Overcome And Will Do So Again
I have every confidence that, like Harvard, flagship HBCUs such as Hampton and Howard Universities will adapt and continue to provide excellence in education and opportunities for the next generation to learn and develop the skills needed to compete in the domestic and global
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Brandon Scott Wins Democratic Nomination for Baltimore Mayor | Afro
BALTIMORE (AP) — City Council President Brandon Scott, who ran a campaign focused on youthful energy, progressive ideas and experience, has won the Democratic nomination for Baltimore
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NIH study links cigarette smoking to higher stroke risk in African Americans
African Americans who smoke are nearly 2.5 times more likely to have a stroke than those who never smoked, while former smokers show a similarly lower risk as never smokers, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of
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Opportunity Wisconsin Statement on May Jobs Report
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Former military chief warns Trump drifts from constitution | New York Carib News
Colin Powell, former top military officer and diplomat under Republican presidents accused Donald Trump on Sunday of drifting from the US constitution and said he will vote for Democrat Joe
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High Court blocks Khupe from replacing recalled MPs
In a rare legal victory for the MDC Alliance, the High Court has ruled in favour of the two of the party’s legislators, who had approached the court seeking an order barring the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T and the House of Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda from replacing them as lawmakers after they
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Being black is not a crime
What I learned in my stint as a television news reporter was this: Television news is one of the most racist industries out
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