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Attorneys call for reform after the end of magisterial recount
Attorneys representing winning People’s National Party candidate for St Catherine North Western Hugh Graham and the Jamaica Labour Party’s Newton Amos have jointly called for reform to the present configuration of the ballots. Speaking to The...
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Court weighs allowing courtroom cameras in George Floyd case - TheGrio
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death will generate massive public... View Article The post Court weighs allowing courtroom cameras in George Floyd case appeared first on TheGrio.
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Stir Up Some Good Trouble On National Black Voter Day
Political strategist Antjuan Seawright encourages voting.
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African American Genealogy in the Time of Black Lives Matter - African American News Today - EIN News
… matter. Thom Reed is African American and, like all … s particularly questionable for African Americans given that the … particularly a city’s African American newspaper, like The Cincinnati … a springboard for young African American writers, typesetters, and …
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RBG helped shape the modern era of women’s rights — before she went on the Supreme Court - African American News Today - EIN News
When he nominated Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, President Bill Clinton compared her legal work on behalf of women to the epochal work of Thurgood Marshall on behalf of African-Americans. The comparison was entirely appropriate: As Marshall oversaw the legal strategy that
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 Guyana, US ink pact for private sector investment in infrastructure - Stabroek News
As Guyana and the United States yesterday signed an agreement to bolster private sector investment in infrastructure,  visiting Secretary of State Michael Pompeo steered clear of pronouncements  on this country’s controversial 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil, saying simply
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CDC drops controversial testing advice that caused backlash - Black News Channel
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Friday dropped a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and said anyone who has been in close contact with an infected person should get tested. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention essentially returned to its
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Africa: WHO Encouraged by South Africa's Declining Covid-19 Trend
[WHO] Brazzaville -- The World Health Organization (WHO) commends the government of South Africa for its determined efforts that have helped to bend the COVID-19 pandemic curve. WHO is greatly encouraged by the ongoing measures to suppress the spread of SARs-COV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Toddlers' parents sue Trump campaign over 'racist baby' video - TheGrio
Donald Trump is being sued for posting a manipulated video of two babies. The Olympian reports the president shared a... View Article The post Toddlers' parents sue Trump campaign over 'racist baby' video appeared first on TheGrio.
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Firefighters battle exhaustion along with wildfire flames - Black News Channel
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press BEAVERCREEK, Ore. (AP) — They work 50 hours at a stretch and sleep on gymnasium floors. Exploding trees shower them with embers. They lose track of time when the sun is blotted out by smoke, and they sometimes have to run for their lives from advancing
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California tourism industry pushes for safe, responsible travel - Black Voice News
In summary California tourism businesses recognized the imperative to provide a safe environment. Here’s what they’ve done to make travel safer: By Gene Zanger, Special to CalMatters Gene Zanger is a partner in Casa de Fruta and on the board of Visit California, where he serves as vice chairman of
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Ruth Bader Ginsberg Has Died: 3 Reasons Democrats Shouldn't Panic...Yet - TheGrio
Friday night, Supreme Court Justice, legal, feminist, and pop culture icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to join the ancestors at... View Article The post Ruth Bader Ginsberg Has Died: 3 Reasons Democrats Shouldn't Panic…Yet appeared first on TheGrio.
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Young Black Woman Reduced to Tears on Her Birthday After Irish Woman Goes Off on Her Friend Group on a Dublin Bus: ‘Go Back to Africa, It’s a Long Walk’
A young woman was left crying on her birthday after a white woman went on a racist rant and scuffled with another woman on an Irish bus. The incident
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Farming family plants seed of faith - Charlemont clan holds strain as thieves, mongooses test patience
Jermaine Black and his family remain committed to farming though they have repeatedly fallen victim to livestock thieves. In the midst of the struggle to survive the economic ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, thieves paid Black a visit twice,...
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2 HBCU Presidents Participated In COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
The presidents of two New Orleans HBCUs are speaking out on the importance of Black and brown participation in the coronavirus vaccine trials, by using themselves as an example. According […] The post 2 HBCU Presidents Participated In COVID-19 Vaccine Trial appeared first on Essence.
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COVID-19 Response Fund awarded to 9 Metro Atlanta schools
COVID-19 Response Fund – $130K Awarded to Nine Recipients Made possible by donations from the R. Howard Dobbs Foundation, NCR Foundation, Rotary Club of Brookhaven and Jesse Parker Williams Foundation … Continued
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Who Will Be The Next Supreme Court Nominee? Another Issue Black Voters Must Stay On Top Of
The winner of the 2020 presidential election will be able to tip the scales of the Supreme Court, making November even more important. Here's what voters need to pay attention to.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87 - Black News Channel
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic
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Rosa Lee Burks - Voice and Viewpoint
Rosa Lee Burks was born in Memphis, Tennessee on August 8, 1930 to Sallie and Myles Sharpe, Sr. She was the eighth of twelve children born to this union. She received Christ at an early age, attending Triumph, the Kingdom Church of God In Christ; Rosa began her formal education in Memphis. Her
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DMV Leaders Talk COVID-19, Transportation
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Hellshire vendors hurt by the passing of DK
ALREADY struggling from a sharp decline in sales because of a Government-imposed shutdown, vendors at the Hellshire Beach in St Catherine, are bracing for tougher times with the death of former Cabinet member Donald Keith (DK) Duncan.The veteran politician died in hospital Thursday after being
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More migrant women say they didn’t OK surgery: AP
HOUSTON (AP) — Sitting across from her lawyer at an immigration detention center in rural Georgia, Mileidy Cardentey Fernandez unbuttoned... View Article The post More migrant women say they didn’t OK surgery: AP appeared first on TheGrio.
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Chilli Temps: China, U.S. Compete in Billion-Dollar Market For Indian Spices - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Over the past two years, China has beaten the U.S. in becoming the top destination for Indian spices. But the taste-bud tides are turning. In India's fiscal year 2020, spices worth $3 billion were exported from the country, a five-year high. China's share in the take was about $710 million. Over
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Keeping It Local: Community Leader Cassandra Welchlin Is Galvanizing Voting Power In Jackson, Mississippi
Community organizer Cassandra Welchlin discusses on-the-ground efforts to galvanize voting power in Jackson, Mississippi, in NewsOne's Keeping It Local series profiling local government officials.
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In an uncertain election year, “All In: The Fight For Democracy” is a must watch - African American News Today - EIN News
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Africa: Osimhen - I Want to Do Things My Way
Interview - Following his reported African record transfer deal from OSC Lille to SC Napoli, Nigeria forward Victor Osimhen would be one of the stars to watch as the 2020/21 Serie A kicks off this weekend in Italy.
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New Study: Illinois’s Flat Tax Is a Multi-Billion-Dollar Subsidy for Wealthy White Households | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The flat tax has exacerbated income inequality and worsened the racial wealth gap A new study finds that over the last 20 years, Illinois’ tax system has effectively sapped $4 billion more from Black and Hispanic communities than it would have under the Fair Tax, while also allowing the
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by E. Faye Williams (TriceEdneyWire.com)—It’s so easy to blame somebody else. Donald Trump blames everything on somebody else while he takes responsibility for nothing. Everything has to satisfy his ego … Continued The post Blame anybody  appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
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