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Earth Today | Gov’ts urged to prioritise environmental considerations amid COVID-19 storm
THE GOVERNMENTS and people of the Caribbean are reminded to keep environmental considerations as key to sustainable economies and overall development front of mind, even as they negotiate the challenges of the COVID-19
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Biden reinforces plan for Black America after Breakfast Club backlash
Earlier this month, Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, released his plan for Black America called, Lift Every
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If Lawmakers Care About Racial Justice, They Must Tax Extraordinary Profits - The Seattle Medium
The Washington State Senate recently took monumental action to support communities by passing a bill that would tax the capital gains profits of the ultra-wealthy. Throughout the state and on social media, there was massive celebration among organizations like ours who fight for economic and racial
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Africa: What About Africa's Small, Medium Businesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
In some of these countries we're seeing an increase in cases and in others, new cases remain stable from week to week, indicating we need to remain vigilant to stop the spread of COVID-19," Moeti
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Source: allAfrica.com
Joe Biden Is Determined To Make This More Difficult Than It Needs To Be
Joe Biden is being Joe Biden, which means instead of staying in the basement and allowing Donald Trump to sink himself and be the story, he has volunteered a gaffe for us to focus
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Tunisia: HPR Approves Draft Law On Social and Solidarity Economy
Tunis/Tunisia — The House of People's Representatives (HPR) approved at a plenary session held on Wednesday the draft law on social and solidarity economy with 131 votes for, 0 against and
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Source: allAfrica.com
MAHERALI: Future jobs in Kenya are heading gig economy way
Future jobs in Kenya are heading gig economy way
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Source: Business Daily
Major mangrove restoration project coming for Clarendon
As countries look towards a post-COVID-19 future and consider options for supporting economic, environmental and social sustainability, plans are under way for the ‘Blue Carbon Restoration in southern Clarendon, Jamaica’ project, which will seek to restore over 1,000 hectares of degraded mangrove
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Pacific Bound: California’s 1852 Fugitive Slave Law
In 1852, California legislators passed a harsh fugitive slave law that condemned dozens of African American migrants to deportation and lifelong slavery. Historian Stacey L. Smith examines the legal travails of three accused fugitive slaves to illuminate the social relations of slavery in gold rush
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Progressive party convention
Progressive party convention, meeting in Philadelphia, nominated Henry Wallace for President. New Party made major effort to attract Blacks. Approximately 150 Black delegates and alternates attended the convention. The keynote speaker was Charles P. Howard, and attorney, publisher and former
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MWANYASI: There’s a silver lining for Africa exports in
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) expects world trade to fall by 13 per cent to 32 per cent in 2020, due to the disruptions to economic activity caused by the
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Defunding won’t reform the police department –
When a 77-year-old Black retired St. Louis Police Department captain David Dorn was shot and killed by Black looters, there was no comparable outrage by Black and White Democratic Party national political
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Source: Florida Courier
Biden reinforces plan for Black America after ‘Breakfast Club’ backlash
Earlier this month, Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, released his plan for Black America called, Lift Every
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A Black Running Mate for Biden? More Democrats Are Making the Case – Free Press of Jacksonville
“Just like in ’08 — when President Obama selected someone that would help him govern, someone that could hit the ground running on recovery efforts in ’09 — when Joe Biden is elected in November, his running mate, the next vice president, would hit the ground running to address the crisis we have
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
Uganda: What Zedriga Brings On Board As Bobi Wine's Deputy
"Ours is not going to be the politics of praise and favour; it will be politics of a service, inclusiveness and humanity," Dr Lina Zedriga Waru Abuku said after being unveiled as People Power deputy principal by Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, last
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Investor or worker? America's unequal reality
The ugly truth, however, is that unless you’re part of the wealthy elite who benefits from the success of the markets, this rally will have little to no bearing on the day-to-day economic reality for you – and the media would do well to remember
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No charges after voting fraud investigation –
TALLAHASSEE – State law-enforcement officials found “no evidence of fraudulent intent” by the Florida Democratic Party after more than a year-long investigation into alleged vote-by-mail fraud, records
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Source: Florida Courier
Namibia: SONA Stand-Off ... Opposition, Geingob Square Off
The president was forced to take a seat after opposition members objected against claims that the government saved about N$4 billion after the president stopped the N$7 billion Hosea Kutako International Airport upgrading
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Source: allAfrica.com
Scott, Robert “Bobby” (1947- )
Congressman Robert Cortez “Bobby” Scott was born on April 30, 1947 in Washington, D.C. but later resided in Newport News, Virginia.  Scott attended Harvard University and later graduated from the Boston College School of
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Coleman, John A.(1852- ? )
John A. Coleman was born a slave in 1852 in Talladega County, Alabama. After he received his freedom at the end of the Civil War, Coleman attended the newly established Talladega College for three years. He worked on a Mississippi River steamboat and then migrated to New York
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Local debt grows with Sh106bn Bretton Woods loan
Given Kenya’s classification as a lower middle-income country, the loan comprises a Sh79.5 billion credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and Sh26.5 billion from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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Johnson Smith bristles against headwinds of COVID-19 nationalism
How Jamaica prepares for potential geopolitical shifts in multilateral relations and trade in response to COVID-19 is a challenge that will have to be met with robust cooperation, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
How African-Americans Came About Supporting the Democratic Party
The events of the Civil Rights movement were a catalyst for blacks to leave the Republican Party in
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Gropey Joe Biden Thinks He’s an Expert On What Minorities Should Think.
Recently, in an interview with someone called “Charlemagne tha God,” the sinewy old weirdo opined that “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you
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ZimTrade pushes for online store
ZIMTRADE is working on an online store premised on the need to create a singular window for marketing and selling Zimbabwean products virtually, as part of its efforts to remain relevant and aligning to the evolving global trading
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This Day in History — June 16
1977: Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev is named president, becoming the first person to hold both posts
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Pay cuts force workers to restructure Sh102bn loans
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Africa: Harnessing Tech to Employ Last-Mile Tree Planters in a COVID-19 World
The year 2020 started with such optimism and hope for nature-based solutions and environmental social and governance investments were high on the agenda at Davos; the World Economic Forum launched the 1 Trillion Trees campaign, backed by Salesforce; BlackRock's CEO sent an open letter to industry
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