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Theresa Landrum lives in southwest Detroit, where residents complain frequently about dirty air. Tree-shaded neighborhoods with schools, churches and parks lie on either side of an interstate highway and in the shadow of a sprawling oil refinery that belches soot and fumes. Landrum, a Black retiree
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Bomb at seminary in Pakistan kills 8 students, wounds 136 - Black News Channel
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb blast ripped through an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday morning, killing at least eight students and wounding 136 others, police and a hospital spokesman said. The
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Jared Kushner Suggests ‘Complaining’ Black People Don’t ‘Want To Be Successful’
In today's example of just how racist the Trump administration is, senior White House adviser Jared Kushner had some pretty telling words while discussing his father-in-law's so-called Platinum Plan for Black America.
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Women On Qatar Airways Flight Say They Were Strip-Searched After An Abandoned Baby Was Discovered In Airport Bathroom Stall
A group of women aboard a Qatar Airways flight say they were ordered to undergo a strip-search after authorities found an abandoned, premature baby in a bathroom stall at Hamad International Airport in Doha, the capitol of Qatar on October 2.
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Study: Great Depression Banking Policies Helped Create Urban Hot Spots - The Bay State Banner
RICHMOND, Virginia—Research examining the link between hot weather and construction methods is allowing city officials to right decades-old wrongs resulting from discriminatory banking practices. A four-year study conducted by the Science Museum of Virginia shed light on discriminatory banking
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Vote! Democracy Depends on It - Carolina Peacemaker
With only a few days left until the November 3 Election Day, Greensboro residents are making their way to the polls — willing to brave long lines and COVID-19 guidelines. The NC Board of Elections calculates that there have been 2,830,533 early voting ballots and 821,375 absentee ballots cast
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‘Threat to Health Care and Civil Rights’ Judge Barrett Confirmed by GOP Senate – Dallas Post Tribune
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative judge with a stated opposition to the Affordable Care Act and many Civil Rights laws, was confirmed on Monday, October 26, 2020, as the next Supreme Court Justice. Only Maine Republican
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Gweru Catholic bishop officially unveiled
THE new Catholic Bishop for the Gweru Diocese Rudolf Nyandoro (pictured) was officially unveiled at a ceremony held at Mkoba Stadium at the weekend. BY STAFF WRITER He was previously Bishop for the Gokwe Diocese and takes over from the late Bishop Xavier Jonsai Munyongani who died in 2017. The
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State leaders facing 2nd wave resist steps to curb virus - Black News Channel
By ADAM GELLER and DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Even as a long-feared second wave of coronavirus strains hospitals, officials in many hard-hit states are resisting taking stronger action to stop the spread, with public fatigue, skepticism and political calculations running up
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Mississippi Judge Sheila Osgood Stabbed to Death By Her Son
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'Because I Said': Newly Released Videos Show One Officer Telling Black Teen He's Under Arrest — Reportedly with No Warrant — Minutes Later, Another Cop Fatally Shoots the Teenager
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Senzo Meyiwa's mother says police 'are lying' about murder suspects
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VMI To Remove Stonewall Jackson Statue From Campus
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Dr. Toussaint King Hill passes away | Atlanta Daily World
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Rushwaya in 6kg gold heist
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Saweetie Channels Her Inner Destiny’s Child For Halloween
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The Future of Education is at stake in the 2020 Election | BlackPressUSA
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Morgan State University Announces Under Armour Agreement | Afro
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Mike Tyson Hits Boosie Badazz With A Gut Punch When He Confronts Him About Transphobic Comments
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Police Kill Yet Another Black Man as People Cast Final Votes
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Prince Harry says ignorance no excuse for unconscious bias - Black News Channel
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry says it took him many years and the experience of living with his wife, the former Meghan Markle, to understand how his privileged upbringing shielded him from the reality of unconscious bias. Harry talked about racial inequality
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Friday Is The Last Day To Request An Absentee Ballot By Mail In Michigan | News | The Michigan Chronicle
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Strikers in Belarus press for authoritarian leader's ouster - Black News Channel
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