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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday he was prepared to activate the National Guard to protect state properties after protesters outside the Wisconsin Capitol tore down statues commemorating an abolitionist and women’s rights and threw a Molotov cocktail into a government building
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Ugandan innovators unveil solar-powered and low-cost ventilators to fight coronavirus
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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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Black Workers More Likely to Face Retaliation for Raising Coronavirus Concerns
A survey by the National Employment Law Project (NELP) about working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic confirms that corporate America has treated Black workers categorically worse than White workers during the
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The South Has Some Of The Nation’s Dirtiest Electricity. Now It’s Seeing A Coronavirus Uptick.
Yet the region remains far behind the rest of the country on even the most basic policies to lower climate-changing emissions, according to research published Tuesday by the Southern Economic Advancement Project, a nonprofit founded by Stacey Abrams, a former Democratic candidate for Georgia
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Serena Williams Wears $850 'Inspire' Necklace She Designed Herself As She Gears Up To Win Her 24th Title
Serena Williams is getting back to work on the tennis court as she gears up to win her 24th
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COVID-19 : We Must Improve Minority Participation in Clinical Trials
In addition, sterilizing Native American women without their consent, and the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, led to a justifiable fear and luck of trust by people of color regarding clinical trial participation in the
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BET To Air Special Coverage Of Rayshard Brooks' Atlanta Funeral Today
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Fauci: Next few weeks critical to tamping down virus spikes
The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday — issuing a plea for people to avoid crowds and wear masks just hours before mask-shunning President Donald Trump was set to address a crowd of his young supporters in one hot
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“That Was One Of My Proudest Moments” Cynthia Bailey Talks About Her Daughter Noelle Coming Out
During a recent chat with Justin Sylvester for Bravo, Cynthia Bailey spoke about her daughter Noelle Robinson, coming out as bisexual on an episode of “Real Housewives of
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Black Workers More Likely to Face Retaliation for Raising Coronavirus Concerns
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GG to seek review of insignia depicting black man as Satan
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen says he will ask the Chancellor of the Order of St Michael and St George to review the controversial insignia of the
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Zambia health minister arrested for alleged graft
Zambia's health minister Chitalu Chilufya was arrested on Wednesday and charged with using ill-gotten gains to acquire property, the country's anti-corruption commission
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Cariol Horne: The Black cop who was strangely fired for preventing a chokehold on a man
In 2006, Cariol Horne was a few years shy of her 20th as a cop in Buffalo, New York when she and another officer Gregory Kwiatkowski, a white man, accosted a black
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Can migration of labour spur Kenya’s economic rebound?
In a report by the World Bank on the policy options of Kenya during the pandemic, there have been visible disruptions in trade and key sources of foreign exchange, which is expected to heavily weigh on remittances and foreign direct
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Delroy Lindo Is Finally Getting His Due
But in the days since his newest movie, “Da 5 Bloods,” premiered on Netflix, a swift Delroy Lindo exaltation has erupted across the
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Looters, Lowlifes, and Liars
Not only has he derided “looters and lowlifes,” but he has also threatened the full force of federal law enforcement to threaten people’s legal right to
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LOS ANGELES — The county’s top public health official, who has led the fight against the coronavirus, said June 22 her life has been threatened repeatedly but promised to continue to “follow the
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Disregard for protocols could see closure of beaches again
THE Government is reviewing its decision to reopen Jamaica's rivers and beaches for public use, after finding “flagrant and repeated” breaches of the COVID-19 protocols to minimise the risk of spreading the novel
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