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By Staff Reporter INDIA today celebrates its 74th independence anniversary under a belief of human centric path of growth catalysed by open and responsive governance. Indian diplomat ambassador Anil Wadhwa yesterday said his country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi remained committed to democracy as
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Conservatives Are Questioning Kamala Harris’ Biracial Heritage
[ad_1] Share0 Sen. Kamala Harris at the 2019 Women of Power Summit (Image: Black Enterprise) The news of presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden selecting Kamala Harris as his VP running mate for the upcoming election has polarized the media, ranging from those celebrating the
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Airport in NY to be Renamed in Honor of Frederick Douglass
Rochester, New York’s airport will be renamed to honor 19th-century abolitionist and freedom fighter Frederick Douglass, one of its most famous and influential residents.According to usatoday…
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Jay-Z, Yo Gotti, and Team ROC Petition Courts to Force Mississippi’s Parchman Prison to Follow COVID-19 Guidelines
[ad_1] Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Mario “Yo Gotti” Mims are highlighting the inhumane conditions at Mississippi State Penitentiary, aka Parchman Farm, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The rappers are asking courts to compel the notorious prison to adhere to strict COVID-19 testing and compliance
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Africa: Countries Need to Concentrate on Provinces, Districts, WHO's Moeti Says
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As Africa marks six months since the first case of Covid-19 was detected, WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti went beyond speaking of the more than one million active cases and the 24,278 people who have died of the pandemic.
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Tufton concerned as most J’cans feel not at risk from COVID
Jamaicans are almost equally divided on whether they believe they are at risk of catching COVID-19, an RJRGLEANER-Don Anderson poll has revealed. The majority, however, by a margin of two per cent, believe that they are safe from the highly...
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Where does Kamala Harris’s toughness come from? The two indomitable women who raised her.
… , to a working-class African-American neighborhood in Berkeley, Calif … and her sister to African-American culture. LaBrie’s … museums featuring exhibits about African-American artists and other … them, except for her, African-American. “Ideologically, most of …
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Q&A: What's happening at the US Postal Service, and why? - Black News Channel
By Nicholas Riccardi Associated Press The U.S. Postal Service is warning states it cannot guarantee that all ballots cast by mail for the Nov. 3 election will arrive in time to be counted, even if ballots are mailed by state deadlines. That's raising the possibility that millions of voters could be
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The Senate Has Left For Recess While Coronavirus Infects America
The Senate left the nation’s capital Wednesday for its summer recess, leaving Americans to fight the coronavirus pandemic without financial support. According to The Hill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell…
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Conservatives Are Questioning Kamala Harris' Biracial Heritage
Many conservative critics are coming forward to debate that Harris, who is of Jamaican and Indian heritage, would, in fact, be the first African American VP pick.
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Jamaicans could be impacted if Trump has his way - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Verley Fraizer will be travelling to Jamaica this weekend for an extended stay. The article Jamaicans could be impacted if Trump has his way appeared first on Stabroek News.
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The Kamala Harris Effect: Biden Campaign Fundraising Sets New Record Since VP Pick
Joe Biden's campaign has been a fundraising juggernaut in the short time since the presumptive Democratic nominee picked California Sen. Kamala Harris to join him at the top of the presidential ticket.
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Barbados says goodbye to Owen Arthur | New York Carib News
Barbadians today said a tearful goodbye to their former prime minister, Professor Owen Seymour Arthur, following a two-hour state funeral service at his hometown St Peter's Parish Church, more than two weeks after he died from heart complications at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
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Mitt Romney slams politicians attacking mail-in voting - Black News Channel
By Sophia Eppolito Associated Press/Report for America SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sen. Mitt Romney said Friday that politicians attacking the vote by mail system are threatening global democracy but stopped short of criticizing President Donald Trump, who has been openly against an expected surge of
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'Backra attitude'
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Don't come for us: Friendship-West responds to attacks of intimidation - Dallas Examiner
By ROBYN H. JIMENEZ The Dallas Examiner Members of the historic Friendship-West Baptist Church were shocked at the vision of over 1,000 motorists as they drove onto the church’s parking lot with confederate
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Analysis: How make sure your 2020 mail-in vote is counted - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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With 150,000 dead and polls in freefall, Trump seeks a culture war | New Pittsburgh Courier
(NNPA)—With less than 100 days left until Election Day, President Donald Trump has increased his references to uncertainty around the election results. Trump responded, “I have to see” after journalist … Continued
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Africa: Quality Schools Will Define Continent's Prosperity - Kagame
[New Times] Africa's path to prosperity will be defined by the quality of our schools, and secondary school is the critical link that prepares young people to succeed in the workplace.
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Repealing the Candidate Tax: Campaign Reform in the AME Church
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NUL’s Annual Report Shows Blacks in Pandemic’s Grip
The National Urban League's 2020 State of Black America report, "Unmasked," which matches the nationwide mood for serious introspection and exposing the human toll and economic devastation of the global pandemic, focuses on delving into data behind COVID-19's impact on the African American
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Hawks arrest Eastern Cape municipal manager, two others for fraud, money laundering worth R29m, | News24
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Our battle to protect democracy's greatest tool: It's on us to honor the legacy of Rep. John Lewis - Dallas Examiner
By CHERI BUSTOS and TERRI SEWELL U.S. House of Representatives When a young John Lewis led hundreds of foot soldiers in a march over Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965, he and hundreds
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Obama Slams Trump Over USPS: He Prefers ‘Suppressing The Vote’ | The Urban Daily
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Americans Must Defend the Postal Service Like Our Democracy Depends on It - African American News Today - EIN News
President Trump is openly trying to starve the Postal Service of funding so as to disenfranchise Democratic voters. Meanwhile, his Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has implemented reforms that are slowing mail delivery.
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Govt commits to operationalising rural info centres
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Rizwan 50 frustrates England as Pakistan pass 200-mark - Stabroek News
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